Video Games Changes Lives
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Professor James
English Comp II
8 March 2014
Video Games Changes Lives There are upsides and downsides to letting video games shape your life as a child, and even up to your adulthood. Even in my own life, I have experienced games shaping me, and giving me the skills I would not have gotten if I did not grow up playing video games. As an “adult” now, I have noticed different aspects of my life that have been altered dramatically by gaming. Playing video games throughout your life may have positive and negative effects on the type of person you become. Children have been influenced, and impacted by many video games since they were early invented. When a child plays a video game, there is a lot more to it than say, just watching a television screen and let your passive hearing do all the work. They teach children at an early age of the developing brain such as, following instructions, problem solving, quick critical thinking, hand eye coordination, accuracy, strategy, situational awareness, reading skills, mapping, memory, concentration, confidence, taking risks, teamwork and cooperation with others, and lastly, imagination. Most of these aspects aren’t covered in any average school as they are available in video games.
When the child is playing his or her game, they must follow the games instructions. There is not really any which way to get around it. It helps children learn, adapt to a new environment, and to learn brand new skills that the game provides. When kids play games such as Angry Birds or Cut the Rope, they teach the brain to use inductive reasoning, hypothesis testing, and to also discover creative ways to accomplish what they had been trying for in the game. James Paul Gee, a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says playing a video game can in fact, be very similar to working out a scientific problem. They both use very much inductive reasoning and hypothesis testing. It is also known to require quick
Professor James
English Comp II
8 March 2014
Video Games Changes Lives There are upsides and downsides to letting video games shape your life as a child, and even up to your adulthood. Even in my own life, I have experienced games shaping me, and giving me the skills I would not have gotten if I did not grow up playing video games. As an “adult” now, I have noticed different aspects of my life that have been altered dramatically by gaming. Playing video games throughout your life may have positive and negative effects on the type of person you become. Children have been influenced, and impacted by many video games since they were early invented. When a child plays a video game, there is a lot more to it than say, just watching a television screen and let your passive hearing do all the work. They teach children at an early age of the developing brain such as, following instructions, problem solving, quick critical thinking, hand eye coordination, accuracy, strategy, situational awareness, reading skills, mapping, memory, concentration, confidence, taking risks, teamwork and cooperation with others, and lastly, imagination. Most of these aspects aren’t covered in any average school as they are available in video games.
When the child is playing his or her game, they must follow the games instructions. There is not really any which way to get around it. It helps children learn, adapt to a new environment, and to learn brand new skills that the game provides. When kids play games such as Angry Birds or Cut the Rope, they teach the brain to use inductive reasoning, hypothesis testing, and to also discover creative ways to accomplish what they had been trying for in the game. James Paul Gee, a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says playing a video game can in fact, be very similar to working out a scientific problem. They both use very much inductive reasoning and hypothesis testing. It is also known to require quick