Chapter 7 Video games-Good or bad? (Education Issues)
Good video games are very educational and instructive for children of all ages, but on the other hand, bad video games can also be very destructive and have no educational purposes whatsoever of good value to our children. I disagree with the findings of James Gee, in the book "What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Literacy and Learning", his research reveals even the so-called "shoot-em up" games can teach skills. These video games are actually showing our children how to become monsters and people who are desensitizing to everything around them. I do not want my children watching or playings video games that will instruct or teach them how to become evil and disrespectful to authority and those who have the rule over them. I want my child to watch and play video games that can help them academically or physically in positive ways. I certainly, agree a hundred percent with Grossman's campaign on technology in education is teaching our children to like violence and it is OK for violence. Why are we sending the wrong kind of information to our children because trying to correct mistakes are very difficult once the bad roots have already grown into the soil.