Uter has been involved with the Ambassador Teacher Program for the past five years after hearing about it while teaching at Warsop Primary and Infant School. Uter is one of several ambassador teachers here in Prince Edward County Schools.
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Child development experts tell EdSurge that video games can help early learners practice foundational skills and can promote social bonding, as long as they're designed with the child in mind and incorporate the expertise of early childhood professionals.
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Kids who play video games have better memory and better control over their motor skills than kids who don't, according to a new study looking at adolescent brain function. Video games might not be responsible for those differences - the study can't say what the causes are - but the findings add to a bigger body of work showing gamers have better performance on some tests of brain function.
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A new study has however found that hours of computer gaming could in fact improve some cognitive skills, such as those involving impulse control and working memory. The study involved nearly 2,000 children, and those who reported playing video games for three hours a day performed better in cognitive skills tests than those who had never played games.
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Although many people criticize video games associated with violence, founder of the Games for Justice youth summer program Husain Rizvi '22 thinks that this is not where we should be focusing our attention.
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While scholarly analysis of TTRPGs often focuses on player's experiences of role playing as human-like agents, scholars of TTRPGs recognize that role-playing games simulate "Worlds" or "Places"7 - or, alternately, though TTRPG scholars rarely use this language, "Nature" or "Environments." Tabletop RPGs may not be "Virtual" worlds in the sense of a highly-realistic, highly visual, high-polygon representation of the natural world.
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About three in four video gamers think global warming is happening, and the majority of video gamers understand that global warming is mostly human-caused. Most video gamers think global warming will harm plant and animal species, future generations of people, people in developing countries, the world's poor, people in the U.S., people in their community, their family, and themselves personally.
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If we look at computer games for education, games have been developed for young children to learn numbers, letters, colors, and all these things while socializing. If we see a shooting game while playing it, if it is a multiple-player game, people will get a chance to associate with their close friends.
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Unity Software, the multi-platform gaming engine behind League of Legends, Pokémon Go and Angry Birds, will license its digital simulation technology to assist the U.S military, Bloomberg reported.
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Delving into the history of how video games have utilized - and distorted - stories of the past reveals a persistent demand for historical education through entertainment, a reminder that people are constantly searching for new ways to engage and find meaning in the past.
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Despite their reputation, the increasing use of electronics in classrooms and the growing acceptance of video games have prompted educators to consider using video games as a teaching tool. Neither of these titles was designed with educational use in mind, but their presence in school curriculums suggests commercial video games may deliver lessons and engage students in ways that other teaching methods can't replicate.
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Frequent players of video games show superior sensorimotor decision-making skills and enhanced activity in key regions of the brain as compared to non-players, according to a recent study by Georgia State University researchers.
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Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds. On average, the youngsters reported spending 2.5 hours a day watching TV or online videos, 1 hour playing video games, and half an hour socializing over the internet.
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For a long time, the prevailing thought about video games is they rot people's minds and have the potential to promote violence, but a new study, published in the Journal of Scientific Reports, shows video games might give kids an intellectual boost.
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Studies have previously shown that playing digital games is associated with a wide range of benefits for children, even in those who are very young. Certain types of digital game play can enhance learning and help develop digital skills.
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Obstacles: Use it, avoid it Bad guys: Kill it, avoid it So, when Mario is faced with an obstacle, he can try to break - which might yield goodies or just clear his path. If the obstacle is in my way, break it, thus using it, embracing its usefulness to open a new path.
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Amidst all the bustling speculation surrounding the potential of the metaverse, along with COVID-19 restrictions, video games have skyrocketed in popularity. The term 'gamification' has become a hot topic in the education landscape as developers attempt to tackle how we ignite a similar level of engagement seen in normal video games, in learning.
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Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds. The researchers looked at screen time records for 9,855 kids in the ABCD Study, all in the US and aged 9 or 10.
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Video games can amuse or distract, sometimes inspire, which means they engage the brain with tasks. So some researchers are hoping video games could help treat cognitive disorders from depression and ADHD to mental decline from aging.
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The thing I'd rather be doing is hopping on the PlayStation console and playing some video games with my friends. From non-gamers, there's a known perception of negativity surrounding video games and how they affect academic status and brain stimulation.
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