Monday, March 19, 2007

More video games, fewer books at schools?

this article is about weather if video games should be put in schools. for example, at indiana university associate professor sasha barab is coming up with an alternative video game that can teach and also entertain kids. in one of her games the player is playing an investigator in a virtual park to find out why all the fish are dying. but they're also people that dissagree with putting game in school because they want kids to learn more than just playing games. for instance several studies have shown the video games are what cause to higher rates of attention deficit disorder which in other words ADD and aggressive behavior amoung children. dr. freedman noted however that cause and effect are difficult to prove.

Monday, March 05, 2007

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