From visaliatimesdelta.com:

Mission Oak High School has a new item to add to its collection of physical education equipment — a Nintendo Wii.

The Nintendo Wii and the Wii Fit add-on are for special needs students at the high school.

Physical education teacher Dina Da Silva raised the money to purchase the Wii from a local business, family and friends.

Students also helped raise money.

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From mpnnow.com:

Brighton’s director of health, physical education and athletics, Fritz Killian, has seen changes to the physical education programs in his three years in the district.

They’ve added a rock climbing wall, a Dance Dance Revolution gaming unit, kayaking and an orienteering program that uses global positioning system (GPS) technology. Of course, Brighton still offers the traditional gym sports, but Killian said it’s important to offer activities for everyone.

“You’re always going to have a population that loves the traditional basketball or football,” he said. “But we’re also getting students who would like to try those non-traditional activities.”

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From wbir.com:

“Schools and video games have always been at odds for kids’ attention, but one East Tennessee school system is trying to change all that and help get students in shape in the process.

“Looks a little different, a little strange,” said North Middle School Physical Education teacher C.J. Martin. “It’s the new P.E.”

Students at North Middle School in Lenoir City spend 15 minutes of their daily P.E. classes dancing, swimming, and even boxing, all on the popular Nintendo Wii game system.”

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From timesonline.co.uk:

“Highly competitive team sports in school discourage many children from taking part in extracurricular physical activity and undermine efforts to curb Britain’s record teenage obesity rates, a study suggests.

Under the national curriculum, secondary schools are supposed to use PE lessons to teach children how to lead physically active lives with the aim of promoting lifelong participation in healthy exercise.

The report suggests that non-competitive lifestyle activities, such as aerobics, Pilates, hill walking, stretching and toning routines should be encouraged. Even videos such as Supersize Me, which underlines the dangers of excessive consumption of junk food, are recognised as a valuable part of the PE lesson.

The study of more than 100 secondary schools found that too many PE teachers, particularly men, still emphasised the importance of competitive team sports at the expense of more individual activities.”

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