Wii Are Fit
March 25, 2009
An EETT grant was written by
ESU’s 1, 2, 6, 7 and 16 to increase student’s interest and
involvement in physical fitness. The childhood obesity epidemic is
one of the major public health, social, and economic challenges of
the 21st century. Consequences of this epidemic include increased
risk for chronic diseases, social and psychological problems among
young people, and high health care costs. Physical activity and
eating behaviors that affect the childhood obesity epidemic are
influenced by many sectors of society, including families,
community organizations, health care providers, faith-based
institutions, government agencies, the media, and schools. While
schools cannot solve the problem alone, they have a unique role to
play in addressing childhood obesity. Since 1980, the percentage of
children who are overweight has more than doubled, while rates
among adolescents have more than tripled.
Wii Get Fit grant will
increase academic performance through increased physical fitness
and serve as a bridge for all students, including those with
special needs, to participate in physical education classes.
Through a team approach using Wii technology, the Wii grant will
motivate students to become more physically active.
In order to help our students increase learning, this grant will
provide Wii units and software for participating school districts.
Each participating school will receive a Wii, Wii Fit, Sony PS2 and
two Dance-Dance Revolution boards along with software.
On December 18, in our ESU, school’s PE and special education
teachers came to the ESU to be trained on the equipment and how to
use the Angel class management system to record survey materials.
Equipment was to be shared between the two departments. If all the
grant requirements were met by this summer, the equipment became
the property of the school district.
