Future Events  LIW  Interactive Fitness & Exergame Network Seminar - Thursday 24th September - Birmingham-UK 25.-27. September 2009 - Korean Serious Games Festival   Using Technology in Physical Education Teacher Education  - Wednesday, October 7, 2009  9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Myrtle Beach, SC Past Events 04.-06. September 2009 - twall World Cup - Mittweida - Germany GamesCom 18.08. -23.08.09 - Cologne -Germany Positive Gaming Machine Dance European Championships and World Cup 2009, NL, 30. July to 2. August 2009 Games for Health Fifth Annual Conference, Boston, MA - June 10 to June 12, 2009 Fibo (Fitness, Wellnes, Health Exposition), Essen, Germany, 23. April to 26. April, 2009 AAHPERD 124th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL - March 31 to April 4, 2009

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Future Events 

 

LIW  Interactive Fitness & Exergame Network Seminar - Thursday 24th September - Birmingham-UK

1. UK Targets For Physical Activity - Paul Stonebrook - Head of Physical Activity, Department of Health

   Raising our sporting game and influencing healthier lifestyles under the 2012 Legacy and Change4Life.

2. Effects of Lack of Physical Activity in Children - Tam Fry - child Growth Foundation and National Obesity Forum

   The dangers of the lack of activity and the balance between eating and exercise.

3. Exergaming Under the Microscope - Dr A.G Thin - Herriott Watt University & Dr M. Duncan - Derby University

   Research into the staying power of the Wii and how much energy exergames if different types burn

4. Exergaming Form & function - Richard Coshott - Gamercize, Emily Rosenberry - Positive Gaming

   A look at some of the exergames available and what makes this category of fitness special

5. Exergaming in the field - Jon Randall - Active Southampton Partnership, Kevin Williams - The Stinger Report

   Who is using exergaming right now and what applications is exergaming being used for. 

6. Where is the funding? - Caroline Smith - Castele Consultancy

   Exergaming can be funded by local and central government, find out how to get the grant. 

See also Exergame ideas for LIW

Interactive Fitness and Exergaming Seminar at LIW - Sept 24th 09:00-12:30 - see http://www.liw.co.uk/page.cfm/link=242/GoSection=11

 

25.-27. September 2009 - Korean Serious Games Festival  

Official Website -

See - http://exergamelab.blogspot.com/2009/08/presenting-active-gaming-at-2009-korean.html for Stephen Yangs pre-cursor to the event

Special: some exergames will be there :-)

 

 

 

Using Technology in Physical Education Teacher Education  - Wednesday, October 7, 2009  9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Myrtle Beach, SC

This is one of our most exciting NEW workshops.  It is “just for university faculty” presented by university faculty and designed to help you become tech-savvy.  This workshop is hands on. Bring your wireless laptop and actually participate in the exercises and create your own materials.  Walk away with a great handbook containing the how-to materials and resources from the workshop. (Minimum of 20 participants needed for this workshop)   

 

1. POLAR HRM and Physical Activity Monitoring Devices (Sponsors)
2. Active Gaming and Interactive Fitness: implementation strategies - Lisa Hansen, University of South Florida
3. Using Technology for Assessment and Reflection: Excel, Blackboard - Derrick Mears, Western Washington University
4. Student Information/Informal Assessment/Analyzing Student Performance – Pod-casting, student response systems, motion analysis - Patrick Fine, Chesterfield Elementary School, Chesterfield, MO 
5. Web 2.0 :  Wiki, Blogging, desktop applications - Joanna Leight, Slippery Rock University

 

 

 

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Past Events

 

04.-06. September 2009 - twall World Cup - Mittweida - Germany

http://www.twall.de

 

GamesCom 18.08. -23.08.09 - Cologne -Germany

Official Website - http://gamescom.de/

 

 

Positive Gaming Machine Dance European Championships and World Cup 2009, NL, 30. July to 2. August 2009

Silverstone Partycenter, Zwaanenburg, Niederlande - World Championship Aftermath Report:

 

The Positive Gaming World Championships for machine dance were recently held at the Silverstone Party Center in Zwanenburg, The Netherlands.  The event was comprised of 4 intense days of competition and social interaction amongst the world’s best players and was deemed an incredible success by the organizers and players alike! Players and spectators from 18 countries gathered to partake in the annual event which is organized and sponsored by Positive Gaming. 

 

The Iron Man Event was the main feature of the first day and required players to compete on an array of machine dance skills.  Due to the success of the Iron Man structure, we have full intentions of including it in future tournament agendas.  We appreciate everyone that participated and congratulate the winners! The remaining days of the tournament were filled with intense competition in single and double tournaments and included completion with a bar and with no bar.  The last day included a presentation by Positive Gaming, an awards ceremony and an intense live concert by G-Powered and Ocillator X.  The results of the various competitions along with exciting video footage from the event will be published on the Positive Gaming website shortly. (www.positivegaming.com)

 

We would like to thank everyone involved in the event as we could not hold such an exciting tournament without dedication and enthusiasm from the player community!  We would also like to congratulate all of the winners and have a sincere appreciation for their continued dedication to the sport. Questions on the event should be sent to alex@positivegaming.com

Thanks, The Positive Gaming Team.

 

 

Games for Health Fifth Annual Conference, Boston, MA - June 10 to June 12, 2009

Official Website - http://gamesforhealth.org/

Writeups

• ExergameFitness.com will bring Lightspace and iDance.

 

Fibo (Fitness, Wellnes, Health Exposition), Essen, Germany, 23. April to 26. April, 2009

Official Website - http://www.fibo.de

• Connect and Play 7/D24
• IMM Holding GmbH 7/D27
• Pulse Fitness GmbH 3/C16
• Expresso Fitness Corporation 3/C28
• Simultrainer Europe BV 3/C25
• Game2move / Total4 b.v 6/D10

 

AAHPERD 124th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL - March 31 to April 4, 2009

Official Website - http://www.aahperd.org/convention/

Writeups

• http://gamercize.blogspot.com/2009/04/exergaming-rocks-aahperd.html
• (add more wirteups here!)