Apple 1 Fitness Learning Kiosk System
The Apple Kiosks incorporate Learning and Fitness. Research has shown that when the brain is stimulated during physical activity it is in an optimal state for learning and retaining information. This fact along with the increasing numbers of ADHD in kids, low standardized test scores and declining reading levels, Kidsfit thought it was time to change these statistics. By using lesson plans based on the curriculum educators are using, students can pedal, bike, run, jump and swivel their way into academic success while being prompted by questions, facts, and numbers, on the learning kiosk screen. The Kiosks can be used for a gym class, after school tutoring, a learning lab, an academic class, even educators can use this system for their very own workout after school! The possibilities are endless! Kids will look forward to going to the Action Based Learning Class and teachers will see the positive change in their students; from both an education and physical standpoint.
The Apple 1 Kiosks are available in single kiosks(see figure 1 above) as well as large kiosks equipped with 3 viewing stations as seen in figure 2 above. They can be paired with any amount of equipment to complete the learning circuit for your facility.
Not only can regular workouts in the gym or on the playground improve attention span, memory, and learning, they can also reduce stress and the effects of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and even delay cognitive decline in old age. In short, staying in shape can make you smarter.
"Memory retention and learning functions are all about brain cells actually changing, growing, and working better together," says John J. Ratey, Clinical Associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. "Exercise creates the best environment for that process to occur."
The bigger the dose of exercise, the more it can pay off in academic achievement. In a study published the same year in the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, researchers found that children ages 7-11 who exercised for 40 minutes daily after school had greater academic improvement than same-aged kids who worked out for just 20 minutes.
Phillip Tomporowski, professor of exercise science at the University of Georgia, and one of the team members who conducted the study, says much of the research today seems to negate the old notion that recess sends kids back to class more hyper and rowdy. "It appears to be the other way around," he says. "They go back to class less boisterous, more attentive, and better behaved compared with kids who have been sitting in chairs for hours on end."
Hillman also tested that notion in a study published this year in Neuroscience and found that kids had more accurate responses on standardized tests when they were tested after moderate exercise, as opposed to being tested after 20 minutes of sitting still. His results lend support to the idea that just a single aerobic workout before class helps boost kids' learning skills and attention spans.