The Nintendo Wii has revolutionized how we play video games, and possibly how we teach in out classrooms. Now video games can be more than just sitting on the couch. With the Wii kids can actually get involved and be interactive with the game, even breaking a sweat. In high school we actually used a Wii to play tennis when it was raining out side. In an article for an online British news paper Beth Hale (2008) wrote that, "Teachers are using the best selling Nintendo Wii - an interactive wireless-based computer game - to get children involved in 'virtual' sport." With Childhood obesity becoming a such an obvious problem, video games such as the Wii can not only hold the child's interest, but it can also get them moving. But the Wii can be used for more than just Physical Education. Michael Breslow (a seventh grade science teacher, and winner of the 2007 Vernier Technology Award) is using the Wii to help his students understand physics. On the New Jersey Education Association website Breslow stated, "Using the Wii, I can establish relevance with the students and get them thinking about physics concepts in a new way." Technology is here to stay, and it is important that we embrace it, especially if it can be so beneficial to us as teachers and our students.
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