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Stephanie Johnson

videogamesandeducation.pdf - 0 views

  • positive connotations
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      positive connotations toward personal computer platforms may be a product of marketing, as asserted in the MIT study.
  • As with other expressions of mass culture, there appears to be an established historical trend that minimizes its scientific importance
  • One of the foremost objectives of much research was the study of the ìeffectsî of video games (aggressive behavior, addiction, isolation, school performance and the like), based on previous assumptions and research on television. But after two decades, research results on video games are somewhat confusing.
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  • is no scientific evidence to support this claim.
  • rnicious influence on
  • Lastly, a certain number of authors refer to the need to include the video game phenomenon in the literature disseminated by the media.
  • Hence, they point out how essential it is to act in school setting: either to counteract the effects of mass media, both cognitive and social; or to seriously affirm the inclusion of the critical study of these media and their procedures into school curricula.
  • From all the aforementioned references, it can be deduced that, for learning, video games are of unquestionable importance,
  • stimulating motivation,
  • very useful in acquiring practical skills,
  • ncreasing perception and stimulation
  • developing skills in problem-solving, strategy assessment, media and tools organization and obtaining intelligent answers.
  • esearch has yet to prove that video games are intellectually harmful
  • on the contrary, many studies defend their great importance in the development of intellectual abilities
  • ncourages the growth of spatial and logical skills, such as visualizing objects and relating them in space, organizing several factors with an end in mind (thinking strategically), and so on.
anonymous

Music, Memorization and Study Skills - 0 views

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    This article describes what types of music are best for studying. Different genres of music affect the brain in different way, which can be useful information for numerous college students to know. After many tests were preformed, it was a conclusion that studying with music helps test subjects remember the material in front of them. Search Criteria: Study Habits and Memorization +Music
Brooke Hieter

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    In Chandler, Arizona the school district spent 33$ million to expand technological resources in the classroom. Unfortunately, test scores are not rising even with all of this new technological equipment. Technology and an overemphasis on digital skills is replacing the use of math, reading, and writing fundamentals. Search criteria: technology in the classroom site:nytimes.com
Kathryn Shaw

Technology and Education - 1 views

  • Technology can easily be overused within the classroom, and this can cause negative effects on the entire
  • learning experience
  • student texting and internet usage (school-related and trivial) during class
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  • plagiarism
  • overall lack of respect
  • not concerned with details
  • There is a general decline in higher-order thinking skills, and an overall re-wiring of teenage brains
  • deeper intellectual laziness
  • 6100 Teaching Positions are set to be eliminated amid increased tech spending, which is effectively eight percent of all teachers in the city.
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    The problems with technology in education. Includes some of the debate on wether there is a benefit for students future life. Includes some cautions. Searched:"negative effects of technology on education"
Katheryn Duarte

At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Is learning through cake fractions and knitting any better? The Waldorf advocates make it tough to compare, partly because as private schools they administer no standardized tests in elementary grades. And they would be the first to admit that their early-grade students may not score well on such tests because, they say, they don’t drill them on a standardized math and reading curriculum.
  • “Engagement is about human contact, the contact with the teacher, the contact with their peers,
  • hat’s the rush, given how easy it is to pick up those skills?
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    This article is a view of a private school that does not use technology until 8th grade. Usually, business/technology leaders send their kids here to give them a rounded education, and think students can pick up technology easier later in life. Most parents report that technology can be picked up later in life, and shouldn't have a place in the elementary classroom. Search Criteria: No technology in school
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