A new Canadian study revealed that recovering stroke patients whose physical therapy regimen is built around Wii video games appear to improve better than patients treated with standard therapies. These results were based on therapies that were administered in eight 60-minute sessions spread over two weeks to stroke victims. Regimens were launched within two months following [...]

Just Dance, a rhythm/dancing game designed especially for the Nintendo Wii, is definitely a fun game. Kids in our local schools are enjoying it for physical activity breaks and at parent teacher conferences, but who knew it could burn so many calories. Arrow Dynamic Mom put the game to the test and wrote the results [...]

Parent Teacher Conferences is one day that brings many parents into La Union Elementary, so what better day to showcase their new exergame equipment to parents and generate some interest in the new program the school has to offer? La Union Elementary is an elementary school located in a rural farming community and has high [...]

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University tested to see if early morning exercise with dance mats for 20 minutes would have a positive impact on students’ health and classroom performance. Twenty-three students at Mayfair Elementary in East Cleveland took part in a dance mat study last school year and nine of them had significant improvements in [...]

Can you imagine an exergame on the Wii broadcasted schoolwide? It’s happening here in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  Staff at Conlee Elementary are broadcasting the Wii exergame Just Dance through the school’s television broadcast system. Each morning, staff feed a preselected song through their Conlee Colt TV broadcast system, which is then viewed on each [...]