The Best Class Yet

It has been a while since I took a trip down memory lane, but today in Prof. Yangs class I sure did. Today in class we went into the SUNY Cortlands Exergaming room. This room is filled with highly advanced technology to help students become physically fit. Today we played a game that was basically my childhood hobby, It was exactly like Dance Dance Revolution but called Idance. The only difference is that it works by a whole different programing system. The whole system and 8 wireless pads run about 50,000 dollars. It was great to get back onto a pad and start dancing and following the arrows. The first song we played was called medicine. I loved the beat but the tempo was a little too slow for me. I was very early so I had to play on a harder level. As the class went on I got my talents back and started to groove with the beat. I used to be really good at this game but since my long period of not playing this kind of game my abilities weakened. This kind of Exergame is a great way to help sedentary kids become physically active. It is a great motivator for them to dance and play video games. This equipment would be in my dream school as a future physical educator. I think it would be great if every school can afford this for their PE program but with the tight budgets and jobs being cut, only the lucky can have this. I hope down the road when I land a job I can influence my district to cough up some money and adopt this equipment for out school, I will show them all the great benefits Exergaming has for young students such as promoting good health,creates variety, social activity and facilitates exercise. When I get back to the island, I will be playing DDR, such a great memory of my childhood years. 

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