I did not find it
surprising that the hours per day playing video games was higher for boys than
it was for girls. I also found it interesting in the slide show that 76% of
kids played games with someone else. The new focus of education is groups – and
while the students claim that they hate it – that is what they are doing during
video games. Maybe we have the wrong idea for group activities. I found it
intersesting that 90% of parents say that they know what games their students
are playing – I do not know if the parents were wanting to be completely honest
here. Or I might need to take into account these parents “think” they know what
games their students are playing and are unaware of what games they might be
playing at a friends house or when they are not able to observe.
3 things I learned:
- I also found it interesting in the slide show that 76% of kids played games with someone else.
- I found it interesting that 90% of parents say that they know what games their students are playing.
- Civic participation is increased when other are present in the room while the child is playing a game and if the child post to a gaming website or blog they are more likely to be even more civically involved
Why are boys more likely to spend more hours a day playing video games? Does this make boys have better attention spans and increase their brain matter more - making them smarter? .
I think that boys play more because more games are geared toward boys. The video game industry has just become more interested in designing games that girls are more interested in which are games where you can show empathy like taking care of a pet or garden and designing things...like a garden or zoo.
ReplyDelete