So last week everyone seem to enjoy my post about the educational online gaming. A few comments were left about the kind of online games people brought for their kids or websites they used for their students.
This blog will most be more about the other online games that kids end up playing. When I was younger playing games on Miniclip.com was something that I did a lot when i was giving free time. As I got to middle school, downloading became very popular with my generation. Most of the computers in the schools had either Halo or Need for speed Midnight Club. There were times I felt like the whole school was playing one of those games. The kids of today bring their handheld devices to school with tons of games. Now they don't need to use the school computers to play against other classmates. I can only Imagine how teachers and parents feel when their kids are playing games that contains violence and foul language. The impact these games have on certain kids can be either good or bad. Personally I don't think online or regular video games are harmful. I found a video that explains how video games are not as bad for kids.
This is an interesting video. The best is they did not only just present the research result, but also were very critical to the result. I feel it is important for using research results.
ReplyDeleteNow multiplayer online game is very popular among youth. And good players even can go professional to compete with each other in electronic sports. Things change really fast these days. It is hard to comment on general that online games are bad or good for youth.
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I like the idea of multi players as this gives student the chancy ti interact with others, I would also think that is would help them work as teams. Having looked at gaming as a learning tool I think the biggest down side for me was the fact that you learned alone, this type of multi player educational game certainly answers that issue.
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