As I promised, I am reporting from the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. I just listened to an interesting presentation on the Wii game system. Even though there are few if any research studies on whether or not the Wii increases focus and concentration, it APPEARS that this is possible. Additionally, using certain games would be considered exercising, which definitely decreases distractibility and hyperactivity.
The games they discussed are the following:
Pet Rescue which is for early childhood children
Playground which seems to be appropriate for children in the elementary grades
Cooking Mama which seems to be appropriate for children in the elementary grades
They also mentioned some new game systems that are effective to use in teaching as well. Some of these are voice activated. These new game systems are:
Sony Move
Microsoft Kinect
Project Natal which is X Box 360.
Apparently, there is an interesting article in the October 2010 Popular Science magazine which compares the various gaming systems.
Lastly, here is a you tube link that shows some of the new Project Natal system. It is:
youtube.com/watch?v=Rhd5xVkxnYg
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