Essay On Video Gaming Good Or Bad

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Position Paper Video Gaming: Good or Bad? Abigail Hackett English 112 DeVry University Online Professor Rojek 10-24-12 Video Gaming: Good or Bad? Video gaming has become a trend for entertainment in all age groups. It has become increasingly more popular in children since the development of wireless gaming devices and the insurgence of reality based video games with high definition graphics. Everywhere you look people of all ages are playing games on their phones and hand held devices. Along with the increase in video gaming comes the social debate about whether or not all this video gaming is harmful to our children. Technology is the way of our future and toddlers are already able to type and use these gaming devices before they learn to tie their shoes. Video gaming is educationally beneficial and can enhance learning and…show more content…
Our children and society as a whole will forever be influenced by the impact of video gaming. Finding a healthy balance between the benefits and drawbacks of video gaming is something we will all need to achieve. Using video games in our educational institutions and opening our minds to the educational and social benefits these games can provide will be a tremendous benefit to our society. Video games are motivating, encourage learning, and can provide excellent teaching techniques without our children being aware of increased learning. Works Cited: 1. Gentile, D.A. (2011) The multiple dimensions of video game effects. (2 ed.,vol.5) 2. Hawisher, G., Selfe,C., & James, P. (2007) Gaming lives in the twenty-first century. Palgrave MacMillan 3. Kiefaber, M. (2009) Implications of online gaming. Informally published manuscript, Psychology, Miami University, Miami, FL. Retrieved from www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/cyberspace/onlinegames. 4. Steinberg, S. (2011) [Web log message] The benefits of video games. Retrieved from

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