Bringing Gym Class Back

By: J.C. Carr

Goal

Making gym class more fun and monitor able is the goal.

Hypothesis: If we can provide interactive fun technology to high school kids they will be more interested in physical education and try harder.

We if we have technology to make them try harder we need technology to monitor it to see if it worked.

Nintendo Wii with Projection screen

Purpose: to have large competition with the video game which would hopefully make the students more interested. The students would forget they are exercising because they are playing video games.

Wii and Projector

Nintendo Wii- $80-$300

Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5020UB 1920 x 1080 LCD projector - 2400 lumens-$2500

Both can be found on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com

Expresso S3U Virtual Reality Bike

This will allow the kids to ride the exercise bike and play a virtual reality video game at the same time once again this should make this fun and make them forget it is exercise.

Expresso S3U Virtual Reality Bike

Cost : $7,000

http://expresso.com/learn/products/expresso

Heart Rate Monitor

Under Armour Armour39 Watch

All students will wear a heart rate monitor so we can easily assess their activity during physical education period.

Under Armour Armour39 Watch

Cost: $200 each

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com

E Series Heart Rate Monitor Software

A way to organize all of the information gathered by the watches about the student activity.

This is not the actual monitor it is a way to organize the statistics gathered through the Under Armour monitor.

E Series Heart Rate Monitor Software

Cost: Free Download

http://www.polar.com/us-en/b2b_products/physical_education/heart_rate_monitoring/software

Omron HJ-324U and Software

This is the software will work in conjunction with the device the Omron HJ-324U

The device is designed to be plugged in to the computer after use

The students would carry these during class so in addition to the heart rate monitors, we will have more information about how much activity is actually happening in class

Pedometer and Software

Device Cost: $750

Software Cost: Free Download

http://support.walkingspree.com/entries/21827790-Omron-HJ-324U-Software-installation-and-setup

http://www.heartratemonitorsusa.com/omron-hj324u.html?productid=omron-hj324u&channelid=FROOG&utm_source=CSEs&utm_medium=GoogleShopping&utm_campaign=heartratemonitorsusa&gclid=CMee18iHncECFW4V7AodB0YAAw

Conclusion

If we add these fun technologies the kids will have more fun and participate more.

With the monitoring technologies we will be able to prove that they are more active and more accurately grade them or motivate them to try harder

The overall goal is really to make Physical Education actually physical again and these technologies and software will all help us achieve this goal together.

The End