What Are The Negative Effects Of Video Games On Education?

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Today’s youth is living in a world of technology where almost every juvenile uses various computerized gadgets (Alshaiji 123). Video games are one of them. Video games refer to a game which are usually launched for entertainment and could also be used for educational purposes. Video games have changed a lot since the very first video game “Pong” was designed. Several studies have found that video games are useful in education, but overplaying could have negative effects on one’s education. Firstly, I will talk about the advantages of video games. Point out the kinds of educational video games existing and being used today. Secondly, I will discuss the negative effects of video games. Finally, I will give a conclusion by giving my opinion on …show more content…

First of all, video games create violence among children as some games are violent. By playing violent games, children “tend to be more aggressive” (“Tips For Parents” 1). Due to which they make all-out effort to succeed. They do not care about the way they play even it is right or wrong, they do not care about that. Furthermore, children play video games and just concentrate on them, they cannot learn about the new things outside the world as they just get limited to them. They waste their most of the time on them. By doing so, they “see a decline in school achievements” (Gentile et al. qtd. “Tips For Parents” 1). So, they lose hope for their bright future also which is totally depends on their school education. Spending most of their time playing video games, they are not able to interact with new people. Furthermore, it is also stated that “games take too long to learn” (Hovious and Van Eck 37). This is the core negative point of video games in education. Playing fighting games or shooting games daily can increase the level of anger in children, they fight with other children at school and gets angry on their teachers (“Tips For Parents” 1). By wrapping them all, it can be said that over depending on video games create a negative development in them and affect their

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