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	Getting schooled on Wii

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1-20-2009 5:36 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/80949954-e1e9-4c44-b7ec-bf109335cef7/0AC01AE2-6FD1-498A-B8EB-39E0DCE2564E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/local/14315910.txt" href="http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/local/14315910.txt" style="font-size: 11px;">www.poststar.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/local/14315910.txt"><DIV>In a room next to the gym, another small group of students gathered in front of TV screens to take part in their physical activities.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/local/14315910.txt"><DIV>One engaged in a boxing match with a virtual opponent. Another swung a "bat" at a "baseball" hurled by a computerized pitcher and a pair of "bicycles" stood in a nearby corner, awaiting riders to pedal across a make-believe road to nowhere.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/local/14315910.txt">"They didn't teach us this in college -- video 101," said school instructor Kevin Dayton.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/local/14315910.txt">With video games receiving a lot of blame for kids' sedentary lifestyles, and their resulting obesity, Dayton sees the irony of including them in gym class.
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"There is a need to get kids away from video games, but -- everything in moderation. You wouldn't want them doing this 14 hours a day," he said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/01/16/news/local/14315910.txt"><DIV>Dayton said that, since so many students have the game systems in their homes, he is hoping to "bridge the gap" between school and home and instill in students good fitness habits that go beyond gym class.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0AC01AE2-6FD1-498A-B8EB-39E0DCE2564E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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