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More Than 1500 Schools To Deploy DDR By 2010

Posted by Zonk on from the i-just-got-hit-in-dodgeball dept.

The New York Times is reporting on the popularity of Dance Dance Revolution in augmenting school gym programs. Adopted by educators as a way to fight obesity among young people and encourage participation, the article states that by the end of the decade some 1500 institutions will be using the game in classes. "As Leighton Nakamoto, a physical education teacher at Kalama Intermediate School in Makawao, Hawaii, put it: 'The new physical education is moving away from competitive team sports and is more about encouraging lifetime fitness, and D.D.R. is a part of that. They can do it on their own, and they don't have to compete with anyone else.' Mr. Nakamoto said that he had used the game in class for four years and that his school had also installed the game in its "Active Lifestyle" room, where students are allowed and encouraged to play in their free time."

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  1. Re:Two wrongs... by RobertB-DC · · Score: 2, Informative

    DDR.
    Land mines.

    Who says two wrongs don't make a right? Muahahahhahahahahah...

    No, DDR doesn't have mines. That's ITG. :)

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  2. DDR is old. Granted. But still better. by Opportunist · · Score: 1, Informative

    At least better than the alternative.

    Kids want to do exciting things. And if they can't, they'll settle for "at least not too boring" things. And if nothing else, DDR qualifies for the latter.

    It may not be on top of the fads anymore, but it is still fun. Even if you're not too good at it. A team game that you suck in invariably makes you unwanted. You're the last one to be picked. What should fuel "team spirit" actually fuels a pecking order.

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