Approval Sheet This thesis entitled “The Effects of Computer-Game Playing to the Academic Performance of the Grade 10 students of Don Bosco College – Basic Education Department High School Level School Year 2015-2016”, prepared and submitted by Syrell B. Almazan, Axl B. Cantil, Jorish B. Del Rosario, and Cyrihl C. Velasquez, in partial fulfillment of the requirements in English X, is hereby recommended for oral examination. Mr. Artell L. Almonte Subject Teacher Approved by
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not far off assuming this scenario or something similar has happened to many other people this day an age. It is not uncommon to find one if not more gaming consoles or computers within a household this day and age; they have become apart of our modern society and look as though they are here to stay for the long term. But what effects does the up and coming gamming culture have on our society? After taking a closer look at the topic it could be argued that those who are apart of the B
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The title of my essay is technology and morality. It has a two parts; first, the part one, “the effect of computer in children s' morality; then the part two, “the social media modifying the moral standard of humanity. Nevertheless, this essay will focused only on the part one; respectively it is all about the impact of computer to the one of the parts of our society, the children. The children have a great role in our life. It is a stage of process where the stepping-stone for adolescent and
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Technology is relatively new in terms of its prevalence with children. As many parents are not as up-to-date with the latest gadgets, they tend to have little knowledge on the possible effects technology might bring. But technology, while useful, brings many negative effects to teens' lives. Parents who have technophile kids should be aware of the possible risks and dangers. Predators Informed parents know that the media blows the prevalence of online sexual predators out of proportion. However
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the Design of an Educational Computer Game and Exploring Adolescents’ Gaming Beliefs” that previous studies indicate that computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs have important factors that can motivate, challenge, increase curiosity and control, and promote fantasy in children. Despite the fact that computer and video games gave the same multimedia capability as CAI programs, Begg et. al. (2005) stressed in their study “Game-Informed Learning: Applying Computer Game Processes to Higher Education”
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Using a computer everyday can have more negative than positive effects on children. Do you agree or disagree? It has generally been observed that children are increasingly using computer every day. As the statement indicates, I also believe that using computer daily by children would have more adverse impacts on children rather than positive ones. In following I will investigate this issue furthermore. Firstly, we all know that children require physical activities. Accordingly, in many cases
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This Sabbath is not associated with religion like one would think. Their Sabbath is an Internet Sabbath. The Powers family of Orleans, Massachusetts, practice their Internet Sabbath every Friday night through Sunday evening which excludes use of computers, video games and smart phones. The father, William Powers discussed the difficulty by stating, “It almost had an existential feeling of, ‘I don’t know who I am with the Internet gone.’ But after a few months it hardened into a habit and we all began
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Effects of Facebook on Children Facebook! “Everyone and their mother” has a Facebook account; with over 800 million users (Facebook, 2011), even children ranging from grades 4-12 access the popular website. A lot of people know the risks of using Facebook and still allow their children to have access to it. The social website does have positive features for children like it allows for the development of “social capital,” or the amount of friends he/she has, can make the child feel important and
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technology are: schools (at all age levels), social life (both online and in person), and businesses (concerning the use of technology for normal operation). In theory, the groups of people most affected by the changing technological environment are children and young teens. According to Gerhard Lenski, the younger generation is affected more because the standard of technology they are exposed to is more than older generations were exposed to in the past (Macionis, J. J.,2010). According to Gerhard Lenski’s
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American Military University SOCI 220 January 29, 2012 Video Games and the Effect on Children The popular culture subtopic I choose that interests me is video games and the effects on children. To start my research I need to find articles, both peer-reviewed and popular source, to gather information. I used both the internet and the online university library and searched terms such as video games and children, popular culture and video games, video game addiction, and video game violence
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