Proposal

__Project__: On October 30, I will plan the Extra Life Gaming Twenty-Four Hour Gaming Event with Nick Delcato and Anthony Galob. We will host this event at Springfield High School and I will be working with Mrs. Pirmann as my Mentor. Our goal is to raise money for Extra Life, a charity that helps raise money for childrens' hospitals through gaming tournaments. We will ask people attending the event to donate a certain amount of money per hour to this charity. After the administration certifes use of the building on October 30, we will ask for chaperons by emailing a form with "blocks" of time to some of the teachers, post advertisements and prepare the signup sheets, and prepare all the necessary items we will need for organization for the event. We have already contacted Extra Life and asked some local businesses for donations. On the Building Usage form, we requested the materials we would need for the event. These consisted of chairs and tables, TV carts, internet unblocked by the firewall, projectors, surge protectors, and extension cords.

__Research__: My first topic of research is to study how new motion gaming technology is being used in medicine. Essential Question: How is motion gaming technology being applied to the fields of fitness, therapy, and medicine. My prior experience with video games is extensive. I have many of the new motion gaming technologies such as the Wii, Wii balance board, and the Playstation Move; and have used older types such as Dance Dance Revolution. I hope that from my investigation I will be able to show the future of gaming and how the video game field can be used to benfit other fields like medicine. Although sources for video games are difficult to find, potential sources include: doctors expressing their opinions about motion gaming, video game conferences, news articles, game magazine articles, comments from video game developers, and personal experience. From many of these sources I need to be careful that they are being truthful and not just trying to sell a product or act as a spokesperson. I will also need to find sources that offer counter arguments so I not only see the pros to my argument by I also understand the cons.