How to include video games in physical education efficiently

To include video games in physical education, educators can strategically integrate them into the curriculum. They can choose active games that require physical movements and incorporate them into structured lessons, providing sports-related activities in a virtual environment. Game-based challenges and competitions can promote teamwork, problem-solving, and fitness. Balancing traditional activities with video game sessions allows students to experience the benefits of both. Utilizing motion-sensing technology and wearables enhances interactivity, enabling progress tracking and goal-setting. By incorporating video games, educators leverage technology to engage students in active play, fostering a lifelong love for physical activity and health.  

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HopaSus Erasmus Sport Plus project was born out of the need of teachers and youth workers from 4 European countries to develop their digital skills and become more resilient in times of pandemics by using sport video games in their virtual or face-to-face classrooms. The aim of the project is to encourage sport teachers to recognize the potential of video games and sport applications and experiment with new strategies for incorporating them into their gyms and classrooms, and to promote the inclusion of “video games addicted youth” by changing the paradigm of persistent stereotyping of video games as predominantly mindless, violent forms of entertainment, into seeing the potential of video gaming technologies as instructional tools that takes out the children from the desk chair out into the sport field.