also reminds caregivers that children need knowledgeable companions with them in digital spaces.
I agree that as much as we try to advocate for gaming and it's benefits we also need to focus on the cons that come with it. The more kids play these video games, the more things they will learn, and all of them are not necessarily good lessons that will help them in life That is why it is crucial to having an adult help you navigate digital spaces.
Digital games can provide a forum for a diverse group of people to come together.
Gaming just like movies, music, eating, or any other activity can bring many people from different backgrounds together. It is an international way of having fun through a similar shared interest.
In-game caregivers can also help young gamers consider how women and people of color are represented – or not represented – on screen.
This can bring up questions to kids to make them wonder about different things in life. Maybe the characters don't look like them, maybe they don't look like their friends. This may confuse children but, ad an adult it is easily understood how society works and the way people of color are represented, or if they even are represented.
Beyond getting out the vote, Ocasio-Cortez and Omar used the platform to educate potential voters about health care issues and fossil fuel dependence. They used the game’s ship as a problematic example of oil consumption.
Technology is really a way of communication in this generation. It is easier to get an important message across by using a platform. In this case these individuals used the gaming platform to educate gamers about oil consumption.
Digital games also encourage various forms of participation in a group activity.
I agree with this quote because it shows how even in real life just like in video games as well, when there's a task at hand everyone has a role to play in offer to get the task done or even solve a problem. Although, sometimes that isn't even the case, because maybe an individual is unexperienced in a certain area. That can always be taken as a learning opportunity, to observe in order to
problem-solving, communication and spatial reasoning skills.
Gaming is a good way to bring friends and families together. It builds teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and spatial reasoning skills, and observation as suggested by the article. Many individual may view gaming as a way to pass time and be lazy, but there's clearly some benefits that come with it. Being able to build the skills mentioned above is very crucial for everyone on their day to day lives, especially for children who have had to spend almost a year living life with a pandemic that has changed many things.
Interacting with other people through gaming became, for some players, essential for social connection.
Taking into account that there is a pandemic that forced a lot of people that followed the rules to be quarantined, in order to stop the spared of COVID 19. Many individuals found themselves alone and unable to interact with others. Therefore, gaming became their social connection. As well as those people that may have social anxieties or are introverts, gaming may have always been their way of interacting with others even prior the pandemic.
played violent video games showed less activation in the parts of the brain that control emotion and aggressive behavior. According to the lead researcher, Yang Wang, “These findings indicate that violent video game play has a long-term effect on brain functioning.” People who play violent video games for long stretches of time tend to develop depression, anxiety, and dissociation from reality
This section of the article is very informative. It shows how there is always a psychological chain when an individual partakes in a certain activity for way to long. As mentioned the release of dopamine is what also makes it very addictive. That is why moderation is good in all parts of life, because something good can quickly become mad, or something bad can become worse the more you indulge in it.
An op-ed in Education Week argued that playing “Fortnite” “is very similar to playing army men in the woods and building forts.” This is, in my view, false. Playing with your friends in a forest building real things and using your imagination is one thing. Playing by yourself in front of a screen, building virtual things and manipulating ready-made images is another. You don’t have to care about, cooperate with, or talk with other people to play “Fortnite.”
The author really showed his stance in terms of how he felt about Fortnite. Which in my opinion makes the article a bit bias, the author spent a lot of time researching the cons about the game and did not provide as many cons. In the age of technology, and in times of COVID 19 pandemic, many people get to talk to each other by playing Fortnite. It's a way to have fun whilst still socially distancing. I enjoy real life in person communication and used to play outside growing up. But we have to take into consideration those who didn't grow up that way, or in this situation with the pandemic have no choice, that games may be a way to have them communicate with others, even if its virtually.
At a minimum, the game is not teaching young people to settle disputes with words.
I agree 100 percent with this quote, even if some children are not problematic enough to re-enact what they see in the game in real life, they are still exposed to that violent which may lead them to believe that, that is okay. But, I would also like to add that Fortnite isn't the only problem, like mentioned above other videos games contribute to this as well. I believe that as hard as parenting may be especially in a generation of technology, it is still 100% the parents responsibility how their children turn out and what they allow their kids to spend most of their time on. It all comes down to knowing your kid, spose, friend, or etc because their are pros and cons to this debate.