Konami is the reason the Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) craze was born. They initially released DDR and have continued to work on making the activity more desirable and effective. Recently, Konami released news of a new DDR product targeted directly towards physical education classrooms. From what I can recall, this is the only product that was designed specifically for the physical education classroom. The new product is multiplayer, meaning an entire class could potentially play at one time. The features are attractive to teachers because they have a built in "playlist" and "roster" for teachers to use to assist with saving play time. In addition, there is a data card for every participant that stores information such as step count, scores, other personal information, etc. In between games, students are able to read quick facts and suggestions for attaining and/or maintaing a healthy lifestyle.
This is merely a few cool features of this new DDR system. Konami will have this product at CAHPERD and again at AAHPERD as a sneak peak but is not planning to fully launch the release until the Summer 2012 or the Fall of 2012.
If you are attending one of these conferences you would definitely take a look!
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