Our Brains on Video Games

Video games play a big role in kids lives. 90% of kids play video games. I used to think that video games had a huge negative impact on kids. I thought that parents should give their children limited time to play each day and treat video games as a side activity. However, after watching the two Ted videos on the impact of video games on kids and reading an article about video games in the classroom I have changed my mind. I believe that video games are benefiting kids by making them smarter and healthier.

If video games are played in reasonable doses a lot of learning takes place. When kids interact and play games they begin to develop skills that are hard to teach in a classroom. Games teach kids different types of attention skills and give them the oppurtunity to focus in a different kind of way. Video games also teach kids how to multitask which is very beneficial in real world situations.

Video games keep kids healthy because they are exercising their brains. Many people believe that too much screen time can make your eye sight worse. However, this idea has been proven false. Studies have shown that kids that play video games eye sight increases. Kids who play video games more than five or more hours per week can read fine print, distinguish gray scale,  and their ability to see objects in a cluster increases as well.

I believe that video games would be a great asset to learning in the classroom. Having video games in the classroom would help keep students attention and it would make learning fun!

I really like this picture because it represents that kids are becoming smarter by playing video games.

I received information from Are Video Games Making Your Kids Smarter?, Your Brain on Video Games, and Learning by Playing: Video Games in the Classroom. Also check out this Argument Chart on Violence and Video Games.