Tuesday, March 15, 2011

the Good and the Bad of Video Games

The Good Things About Video Games

There are so many video games that teach us things that is not learned in school:

-Following instructions
-Problem solving and logic
-Hand-eye coordination, fine motor and spatial skills
-Resource management and logistics. 
-Multitasking, simultaneous tracking of many shifting variables and managing multiple objectives.
-Quick thinking, making fast analysis and decisions.  
-Strategy and anticipation 
-Developing reading and math skills 
-Perseverance 
-Pattern recognition
-Estimating skills
-Inductive reasoning and hypothesis testing 
-Mapping  
-Memor
-Reasoned judgments
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Teamwork and cooperation when played with others
-Simulation, real world skills

There are also so many bad things about video games:

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Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain.
-It makes your kids socially isolated
-It does not exercise imagination
-teaches kids bad values
-Games can confuse reality and fantasy.
-Academic achievement may be negatively related to over-all time spent playing video games.
-Video Games are bad for your health
-When playing online, your kid can pick up bad language and behavior from other people, and may make your kid vulnerable to online dangers.
-It can be addicting sometimes  


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2 comments:

  1. I like how you discussed the positives and negatives of video games. I also liked the topic you chose. So good job!

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  2. I like how there are both postive and negatives of video games. Good job!

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