Performance Task One Project Analysis

In the book, Everything Bad is Good For You, Steven Johnson writes, “I have no doubt that playing today’s games does in fact improve your visual intelligence and your manual dexterity, but the virtues of gaming run far deeper than hand-eye coordination” (24). Johnson explains that the gaming improves our skills and makes us smarter. Johnson also points out, “the gaming population turned out to be consistently more social, more confident, and more comfortable solving problems creatively” (153). Johnson points that the new technology like video gaming are making people smarter by teaching them about problem-solving, creating connections, and helping people become confident and creative. To illustrate, my 9-year-old niece can do her homework by herself because if she has any question, she can easily search it online without waiting for an adult to answer her questions. Also, the new technology such as video games and YouTube videos help her learn so much new stuff. Carr’s writes, “The electronic revolution is approaching its culmination as the computer- desktop, laptop, handheld-becomes our constant companion and the Internet becomes our medium of choice for storing, processing, and sharing information in all forms, including text” (77). I agree with Carr’s point that the Internet and technology made it so easier for to store and access information because

My ideas for our chapter service projects are to organize a clothing swap and donation drive, pen pal with the fourth graders, clean the community, chose an organization that helps others out and donate, promote health and fitness in the community, visit a retirement home, and make hygiene kits for a homeless shelter. My personal service project is to ask for money, food and clothing donations for my birthday to donate them and volunteer at the public library to read to kids.

Lauren Hale, professor in the department of family, population, and preventative health at Stony Brook University, collaborated with her team at Stony Brook University to study the effects of screen time in children. This study focused on exploring the differences between passive and interactive screen time. However, the study showed no significant differences between the effects of interactive versus passive screen time. Thus, the article concludes that all forms of screen time should be limited. This article will be helpful in supporting the thesis, because it denies one of the common fallacies that screen time can be categorized into positive and negative types of screen time, arguing instead that all forms of screen time should be limited and treated with caution.

Throughout my whole life, the California Academy of Sciences has served as a source of inspiration. I really appreciate how the Academy and its staff are extremely dedicated to science and try their absolute best to help educate and motivate the public. I also appreciate that the Academy frequently updates its exhibits to bring in fresh scientific material to keep the public interested. The Academy has also fueled my interest in science from a young age. I used to go to the old Academy in Golden Gate Park before it was renovated and I was fascinated by the dinosaur exhibits that were displayed. After I learned about dinosaurs at the Academy, I would read several books about dinosaurs and for a while, my dream job was to become a Paleontologist so I could further learn about dinosaurs. Even after the Academy moved Downtown, I would still go to the Academy when I could so I could learn about dinosaurs. By volunteering at the Academy, I wish to spark people 's interest in sciences.

For this outcome I have two projects that I believe fit the points in a good way. Both of the projects I had to work in a group and be able to clearly and effectively get my ideas out as well as understand the others thoughts and ideas. These projects both involve working well in a team setting and being able to get to the common goal and being able to work well with one another. The two projects I have picked are my group Archetype project and then the group or class discussion.

Children around the world play adult content video game And many parents say it is bad for their children; however video games can actually help their children learn. Approximately 90% of children in the United States play video games, and more than 90% of those games involve mature content that often includes violence (Park, 2014). There are those that believe video games are detrimental to society, however playing video games including those with mature content can actually be beneficial to both individuals and society by increasing knowledge expanding the ability to react positively at real life situations and improving cognitive thinking skills.

Projects and its tasks were organized by deadline date, from the shortest deadline to the longest deadline. All projects have equal priority once all of them worth a big part of my grades. As shown in the Figure 1, there is a lack of dates from 20th July to 29th July. The reason for this is the need and focus on learning the language which will be used in almost all projects: Ruby on Rails.

According to the article, (Mohammadi 2014) “How online gamers are solving science’s biggest problems”, in 2011, people playing Foldit, an online puzzle game about protein folding, resolved the structure of an enzyme that causes an Aids-like disease in monkeys. Researchers had been working on the problem for 13 years, yet the gamers had solved it in three weeks. In addition, the structure of today 's video games requires certain types of learning that are very helpful to students, specifically computer skills. This proves, that kids are gaining new knowledge from these games. They also improve hand-eye coordination, and raises players’ self-esteem. The article (Wiley 2016) Science Daily states, “Gaming use was associated with better function in brain circuits critical for learning based on the acquisition of new skills through practice.” This explains that kids who

Video games education is a method of teaching by using electronic games as the learning material. Teenagers from fifteen to eighteen, who have been called as “K-20 students” [1] or Net Generation since mid-1990s, playing video games as pastime leisure and expose to digital multimedia more often compare to the older generation. The issues of implementing video games education has been the subject of debate within education and sociology communities due to its appeal to contemporary students. Discussion among sociology scholars focus on the aggressive behaviour and hostility of youngsters who are involved in a video game in a great length of time and a specific type of games [2]. However, some academics argue that video game becomes an interactive learning platform of social education, especially with players verses players (PVP) games. In the view of education academics, video games may play an essential role in boosting the performance in particular subjects and the development of varying of skill [3]. While acknowledging that engaging in video games may cause a negative mental effect on the secondary school students, this essay argues that video games education should be implemented because the benefits of digital game based education would possibly become primary to the high school students because it could improve social behavior and increase academic behaviour and performance.

Firstly, video games improves our interaction skills which is the ability to catch, kick, and throw. ISABEL GRANIC is a Professor and chairman in the developmental psychopathology department, in the behavioural science institute at RadBoud University. She did a research where she studied the difference between the attitude of a group of people who didn’t play video games and another group of people who played interaction video games. She saw that the people who have played video games seems to have much faster

Video games can increase the social skills in a child, Xbox and PlayStation provide great opportunities for cooperation and competition. Two different studies, one by Katherine Keyes and the other by Vinay Devnath, both have proved that the use of video games can increase the social skills that many children can’t grasp, “Video game playing is often a collaborative leisure time activity for school-aged children, and these results indicate that children who frequently play video games may be socially cohesive with peers and integrated into the school”( Keyes, PhD). Studies have shown that video games actually help students become social. “70% of all gamers play with someone else on the internet.”(Devnath).

Because OR firstly, video games improve a child's ability to follow instructions, especially because many games entail completion of tasks (Gentile et al, 2009). Besides, children improve their problem-solving capabilities because these games have tasks that require quick thinking and use of sound strategies to move from one level or quest to another. Lastly, gamers improve their multitasking capabilities, because many gamers have to juggle different patterns and connect them at the same time to complete tasks (Ryan et al, 2006). Despite these advantages, the weight of violent video games negative effects is alarming, especially because of its long-term effects such mental ill health and

In our time, technology has become one of our essential things in life; specifically video games. Video games are electronic system used to run games. They involve human interaction specially teenagers. Many researches have been done on the effects of video games showing that there is positive and negative impacts.

The subject of video games has a lot of critics and can be a very passionate subject for parents of children who spend a lot of their time on video games. It has been a popular

In conclusion, video games are not perfect, but the advantages clearly outweigh the disadvantages. Even though many video games are considered violent and harsh, through the facts given, it can be concluded that they have positive effects. Video games can improve following instructions and problem solving. They can also improve many mental and motor skills. Even though video games can actually influence negatively kids, they can still improve many things. However video games can still have many positive things. Video games can clearly be seen to be beneficial, and have been greatly proven to be