XBox+360+Kinect

XBox 360 Kinect
Taking a look at several games, including Dance Central, Kinect Adventures, Motion Sports, Kinect Sports and Carnival

Microsoft’s Kinect is a console adapter for the Xbox 360. The dual camera system allows for gesture based gaming, in addition to voice recognition for controlling software. It’s a controller-free setup, allowing users to completely immerse their body into the game – arms, legs, hands, and feet.

While brain research and the study of human cognition are still making new discoveries about how we learn, we do know that the more senses we employ when recording a memory the more intricately woven that new knowledge will be in our minds. Additionally, body movement has been shown to improve not only our physical health but also priming our brain to be able to learn.


 * Xbox educational links**Youtube has many related – lots of rubbish, but also worthwhile videos, including the following

Explanation of uses – US, reading, video conferencing, nasa, participation, []

Promotion of the benefits – African teachers []

Creativity, short, []

A quick look at lots of the possibilities – view the movie []

Hand-eye coordination Problem solvingSensory-body coordination Behaviour rewardPresentation skills MatchingFacial Recognition AcademicLanguage OT goals (fine motor skills)Following directions Understanding attributesSpatial concepts (over, under, on, off, etc.), Peer ImitationTemporal concepts (first, last, before, after, next...), Pragmatic skills (requests, answering questions, asking questions, greetings, conversational turn-taking)
 * Xbox Benefits:**

Parental Controls []
 * Cybersafety**

xbox and online gaming []

There is also content filtering on xbox (should use bluecoat when connected to ntschools) – at home another thing