My propositional
response to “2. Survey show that 30 percent of computer game players are under
the age of 10,” is writtedn by Hartmann and Blass on page 219 (2007), is that we should
encourage children of under age 10 to play computer game.
We have to pay attention
to their age: under the age of 10. The age is still under relatively strong
concern of parents. Do you think what kind of computer games these kids play? If
you had young children, you would get my point instantly. Most young parents
let their children play educational computer games to attract interest in their
learning. This mean is not they make their children go around in various
computer games. These educational computer games look like simple games to enjoy
or spend time easily, but they contain educational contents. Some parents share
the information of good software or websites. It’s a good tool for unskilled
parents to give children both educational things and enjoyment.
Nowadays,
computer is an important part in our educational system. The educational trend is
using tablet pc or laptop in studying and playing. So, most children better use
computer or IT machine than their parents. In school, most teachers use
computer games to teach young students and not to lose interest on study. Some
teachers use educational computer games directly in class, others use computer
games as a reward. It maybe depends on teacher’s personal teaching style, but the
using of computer games is same.
To help our children to adapt and survie in the world, it's not good attitude to restict to play computer games with hasty preconception. It could be traditional stubborn thought. We have to be wise to see where this world goes and where my children put in.
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I agree with Katie in some aspects. I think that parents should encourage their children to play computer games if those games are involved in education. It depends on what genres of games that children play. From one tablet per one child policy which Thai government distributed tablets to young students, I believe that after students got those tablets, the first game that they played was an entertaining game, not an educational game. If I were a child and got a free tablet, my main purpose of using it would not be for education. To illustrate, I have 3 cousins who are 7, 9 and 12 years old. All of them have their own tablets and I hardly ever notice that they play educational games. On the other hand, they usually play doll dress up, fighting and car racing games. I think that this policy does not work for children because they cannot control themselves to stop playing those games. However, it would be better if parents play an important role to guide and advise their kids to use those devices in beneficial ways.
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