Biology 202 2003 Second Web Paper OnSerendip Video Games: A Cause of Violence and Aggression There is a huge hype surrounding the launch of every new game system - Game Cube, XBox, and Sony Playstation 2 being just few of the latest.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a case on California's attempt to restrict sales of violent video games to minors. Both the California lawmakers who approved the law in 2005 and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges who overturned the law in 2009 claimed that scientific research was on their side.
More and more kids are playing video and computer games - especially ultra-violent ones that are top sellers. Research shows that children are also spending increasing amounts of time playing them: an average of 13 hours per week for boys and five hours for girls.
Children and Video Games: Playing with Violence No. 91; March 2011Click here to download and print a PDF version of this document. Video gaming (playing video games) has become a popular activity for people of all ages. Many children and adolescents spend large amounts of time playing them.
Video games have been available to consumers for the last 30 years. They are a unique form of entertainment, because they encourage players to become a part of the game's script. Today's sophisticated video games require players to pay constant attention to the game, rather than passively watching a movie.
Shannon Raises Funds for Children's Charity Magnum P.I., Ron Burgandy, Phil Dunphy from Modern Family, Mr. Watton, and now Mr. Shannon...What do these great men have in common...MUSTACHES!!!
This post is courtesy of Online Universities blog Politics and education frequently walk hand-in-hand on the beach at sunset when they aren't arguing with one another over pretty much everything. And for good reason: the school system, on local, state, and federal levels, needs some serious reworking if it genuinely wishes to offer equal opportunities to all American kids and adults.
Women are catching up and technology is helping relieve the stress that catching up brings along as its friend. The percentage of women making more money than their husbands/partners is at an all-time high. Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem must be feeling very proud. Catching up has come with a price.
You won't find Willyn Webb telling her high school students to put away their cell phones, even though they are technically banned in her Colorado district. She's been using cell phones to augment her lessons at Delta County Opportunity School for years.
Cell Phones Can Detract From School Safety & Crisis Preparedness Cell phones have been used for calling in bomb threats to schools and, in many communities, cell calls cannot be traced by public safety officials. Student use of cell phones could potentially detonate a real bomb if one is actually on campus.