Benefits of FootGaming in the Classroom and Computer Lab (and at home)
Our bodies are very much a part of all our learning and
learning is not an isolated "brain" function. Every nerve and
cell is a network contributing to our intelligence and our
learning capability. Exercise triggers the release of
BDNF a brain-derived neurotropic factor that enables one neuron
to communicate with another. Students who sit for longer than
twenty minutes experience a decrease in the flow of BDNF.
FootGaming is one way students can trigger sharper learning
skills. ExerLearning can save you time and FootGaming delivers
ExerLearning without adding
additional lesson plans or time burdens.
Crossing the midline integrates brain hemispheres to
enable the brain to organize itself. When students perform
cross lateral activities via use of FootPOWR peripherals, blood
flow is increased in all parts of the brain making it more
alert and energized for stronger, more cohesive
learning. Fun- always a motivator, we can easily add student-incentive and fun to your
learning environment.
Examples of how FootGaming via a FootPOWR peripheral connected to a classroom PC can increase both physical activity, fitness and academic success are as follows:
Bilateral movement; Opposition; Spatial
Awareness; Movement in different levels; Proprioception;
Jumping and Landing; Dynamic balance; Patterning; Spatial
concepts These concepts aid the brain in placing words on
a page, reading words from left to right, and writing patterns
in sequence.
Coordination of the auditory, visual, and
kinesthetic senses; Eye tracking for visual-motor
control; Development of core muscles to strengthen neural
pathways; Sequencing of complex motor skills; Patterning;
Problem solving; Directionality. These concepts aid the
brain in following the flow of words, sequencing patterns in
math and reading, solving problems, and sorting information.
Vestibular Development: Development of
inner ear to coordinate of the auditory, visual, and
kinesthetic senses; Spatial Awareness; Body control; Dynamic
balance; Locomotor skill development; These concepts aid the
brain in putting numbers or letters in sequence, discriminating
different sounds, placing letters and words in a page, and
writing letters in proper proportion.
Tracking of a moving object; Eye-hand
and eye-foot coordination; Development of visual fields; Cross
lateralization; Patterning; Targets; Joint compression; Dynamic
balance; Sequencing of patterns; These concepts aid the brain
in processing thought, organizing thoughts in sequence,
discriminating likenesses and differences, discriminating
sounds, and advancing to higher level thinking.
Higher level of dynamic balance;
Complex motor control; Practice and reinforcement of academic
content while balancing and moving actively-whole body. Theses
concepts aid the brain in anchoring information and improved
memory retrieval, preparing the brain to take a test, and
combining many skills for higher level thinking.
