Conn. Measure Would Ban Video Games Depicting Gun Violence
Legislation in Connecticut would bar public establishments and arcades from allowing youths to play video games simulating gun violence. Read Full Post >
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February 27, 2013
January 16, 2013
Study Finds E-Games Can Help Curb Youth Obesity
A study indicates that active video games, or e-games, can encourage physical activity among children. Read Full Post >
January 14, 2013
Youth Aggression and the Disarmament of American Entertainment
How much about the effect of media violence on school climate do we actually know? Read Full Post >
December 14, 2012
U.S. State Department Unveils Online Game, and Web Site, to Teach English
The U.S. Department of State has developed an online game, Trace Effects, designed to help students abroad learn English and understand American culture. Read Full Post >
June 08, 2012
Ten Tips for Selecting the Best Educational Games
The chance for players to demonstrate a freedom of choice is a common theme among the highest quality games, suggests the review from Common Sense Media. Read Full Post >
May 22, 2012
STEM Video Game Challenge Winners Announced
More than six times as many entrants participated in this competition as did in the first one last school year. Read Full Post >
May 02, 2012
Half of K-8 Teachers Using Digital Games
Digital games are gaining popularity among K-8 teachers, according to a new survey. Read Full Post >
February 28, 2012
Gaming or Impulsiveness, Chicken or Egg?
In "Video Game Playing, Attention Problems, and Impulsiveness: Evidence of Bidirectional Causality," published in the American Psychological Association's Psychology of Popular Media Culture journal, researchers Douglas A. Gentile and Edward Swing from Iowa State University joined with Choon Guan Lin of the Institute of Mental Health in Singapore and Angeline Khoo of Singapore's National Institute of Education to examine the relationship between video games, attention, and impulse control. They found that students who spend more time playing video games are likely to have more attention problems later on, and that students who have attention disorders are likely to play more video games. Read Full Post >
October 18, 2011
TV: A Source of Language Delay?
The debate over video distractions is far from over. The New York Times summarizes the latest from researchers: From the article: "I like to call it secondhand TV," said Dr. Brown, who is the lead author of the guidelines. Studies cited in the guidelines say that parents interact less with child... Read Full Post >
September 20, 2011
More Rough and Tumble Needed in School?
Education professor Ali Carr-Chellman appears on NPR to explain her theories about how schools are not designed for boys. They get the message that their rough-and-tumble world is forbidden and conclude that school is for girls, she argues. Her solution:Let's introduce some video games to school. I... Read Full Post >
