Saying Goodbye to E.L. Wright I remember being in a nightmare for almost three years. For me, at least, it was called middle school. Attending E.L. Wright was without the worst three years of my life. Most of the students and even one of the teachers were so mean to me. Everywhere I went, I was watched with hateful eyes. I would go to the bus stop and no one would talk to me, unless they wanted to start a fight. That’s why I was so glad to graduate from E.L. Wright. The only good thing that…
An average teenager in the United States watches or is exposed to approximately 400 minutes of television or another type of “screen time”. The United States is in second place in the study conducted to calculate the average amount of time a teenager spends on screens in each country of the world. Indonesia is first with an average of 500 minutes a day. Too much screen time can cause a variety of different psychological and physical issues such as lack of imagination, lack of creative thinking…
The article begins by siding that video games are not art because they can be won and have objectives you must accomplish to move on to what is next. In novels or movies, you cannot win, you can only experience. The article then takes a turn to define video games as being wrapped in a package of visuals, music and poetry. Mario 64 is compared to the Godfather, with the ability to explore everything at your own will adding to the games artistic attributes. The article combats the problem…
How children are affect with Technology Technology has influenced our lifestyles for years now, but children are becoming immune with electronic devices by the age of eight and younger. Parents need to consider that having their children look at a screen for a long time is bad for them. In The future, they will constantly use it for everything, so parents need to control screen time for their children and entertain them more like electronic devices do; so make rules for the electronic devices…
Xbox, PlayStation, etc. With all this technology for entertainment, how could you not get addicted? You have apps on your cell phone, for example: games and social media and more apps for your social media. You can keep up with everyone and see what is going on in other people’s lives around you on the social media apps. Xbox and PlayStation have games that appeal to teenagers interest.. On TV you can watch all the shows that you like and movies that appeal to your interest and they have…
Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card. The novel tells the story of a small boy named Ender Wiggins who travels into outer space to fight alien invaders known as “buggers.” Ender is unlike any other boy in the universe, however; he is outstandingly brilliant. He has mastered the art of mathematics before he has turned ten years old, and he uses this to survive and excel in Battle School. The Battle School, a training school for small boys to learn how to fight the buggers, host several “games” where…
Violence in violent video games had remained to be a major concern in society. In addition to the controversy of VVGs, a new subject emerged when gender activists began to enter the discussion and industry. While studies of videogames using sociological and gender theories had existed before, these issues had been highlighted by many organizations in most recent years. One of the more prominent activists is Anita Sarkeesian. She is a Canadian-American feminist (owner of the YouTube channel…
educational games are a part of the learning environment which enhances students' motivation to learn and improve with critical thinking. When it comes to conventional schooling many students find it tedious, uninteresting and unproductive. Teachers face these problems and are looking for more positive, motivating approaches toward teaching students. As long as the game doesn't involve violence or bloodshed it may have educational value. In Steven McManus' essay, “Five Reasons Why Video Games…
When it comes to limitations there are quite a few. Some of these limitations are things like the screen size and resolution, the application should be designed to automatically adjust to the size of screen you have because nowadays you can watch things on a variety of screen sizes, however a lot of older applications don’t and the older ones tend to be smaller than today so they will tend to have a thick black border around them this is because it was designed on a screen that size and wasn’t…
Deluxe is a Big Fish pc game that can help beginning readers to learn spelling words. While having fun playing the game, the correct spelling of short words is reinforced through repetition. And thanks to the competing time clock, players will become swifter spellers out of need. The Bookworm Deluxe game is esthetically designed with the spirit of the young in mind. The main character on the side of the screen is, of course, a bookworm caricature. This is your pall through the game. He will…