video-games-advantagesdisadvantages

1. VIDEO GAMES

2. ADVANTAGES
 To develop skills that children need for the learning
process;
 To stimulate children’s imagination;
 To be good and enjoyable entertainment ;
 To be challenging and fascinating;
 To play different characters in
different environments;

3.  To increase interest in a certain topic or area;
 To give children role models to look up to;
 To develop children’s decision making skills;
 To improve children’s social skills;
 To improve children’s confidence in the real world;
 Etc.
 To be a release of violence and
aggression – make children oriented
towards violence;

4. DISADVANTAGES
 To affect the players’ behaviour:
● may increase the amount of aggression and
violence / make kids uncompassionate and insensitive
towards death;
 More aggressive games on the market than
educational games;
 To make children feel they have got a
lot of power;

5.  To cause health problems such as:
● Neck ache;
● Backache;
● Repetitive strain injuries;
● Eyestrain;
● Headaches;
● Chest pain;
● Fatigue;
● Mood swings.
 Addiction.