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Exergaming is fun, and it's here and being used for physical activity all over the globe. It's not easy to work out this magic formula of getting games and exercise blended just right, but you don't have to! We'll share what we have learned through research, expert analysis, and of course practical experience from working with kids and schools.

To capture the kids imaginations, use a little exergaming magic and lead the lost boys (and girls) to a physical activity that they find fun. Where they go from there is up to you.

If you want a lowdown on which video games work for which ages, orfind out what products have made it out of the trade shows into the classrooms or want to avoid the pitfalls of exergaming in schools, then just ask us. We'll do our best to answer every question!

Welcome to P.E.T.E.R

Hey there! Thanks for stopping by and reading our blog, the Physical Education Teacher's Exergaming Resource; written by experts to give you practical advice from our experience.

Here you find all the resources you need in order to use technology for the advancement of physical education.To get you started, here's the lowdown from Wikipedia

Physical Education
In most educational systems, physical education (P.E.) class, also called physical training (PT) and Phys Ed, is a course that utilizes learning in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains in a play or movement exploration setting.

Exergaming
Exergaming (a portmanteau of "exercise" and "gaming") is a term used for video games that also provide exercise. Exergames have one element of exercise and one element of gaming. The "gaming" aspect is a short form for video gaming. "Exergames" sub divide into two main implementations, those with a game specifically designed to use an exercise input device and those implementations using a genre of, or a generic game.

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