VIDEO GAMES

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;
 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;
 To be a release of violence and
aggression – make children
oriented towards violence;

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