Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Boys and Video Games
This is the topic that I've been meaning to blog about....
Please take a look at this recent Washington Post article, written by a local teacher. The topic is Boys and Video Games. The author makes several interesting points about the impact of video game playing: on the reading of literature for depth, on involvement in physical activity, on relationships, and so on. I have always known that in my classroom, I am competing for the attention of my student because outside of school they are bombarded with fast-moving, brightly-colored, flashy entertainment in many areas of their lives: television, movies, etc. But I have never considered that even my brightest students may not ever find the richness or depth of mathematics because of their outside entertainments. I have also never considered that involvement in hobbies like video gaming and so on would impact my students' physical activity or even their relationships.
On the other hand, I find myself wondering if the concerns about video gaming (and like entertainments) by people of my generation (those of us who aren't involved in those entertainments ourselves) and those older than we are aren't comprable to the concerns long ago of older generations about the younger generations' entertainments. I'll never forget the scene from Anne of Green Gables (the movie) where the foster mother (adoptive mother?) says something to Anne about spending too much time reading, and that she's wasting her brain on all of those stories. That really startled me ... it never occurred to me that
Thoughts?
(P.S. I am working on finishing a gallery of the latest photos of my nephews. Coming soon to a blog near you!!) :-D
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