Good books to read - a game bad, right?
Written by Ingo in computers , school and learning , tags: computer games , digital ageFor a long time, all parents agree that the video games their children are just a waste of time. Much better would be all that time invested in it, to do something for the school, or at least once to read a "really good" book (which in turn determines the academic performance would be good for), right?
Even though I really am no computer players ("not even the better ..."), I found very interesting the following thought experiment that is described by the American author Steven Johnson in his bestseller, Everything Bad is Good For You. I even came out at the Leku the very recommendable book, we call it a work of Holm Friebe and Sascha Lobo. Johnson argues that many aspects of today's youth culture - as is usually claimed - are mind-numbing, but certainly conducive to comprehension and intelligence. The above thought experiment asks what would happen if computer games first and only then the printing press had been invented. Since new is usually viewed with suspicion, it would probably soon, according to Johnson to statements like the following:
"Books chronically under Ford the senses. Contrary to the long tradition of computer games - children living in three-dimensional worlds filled with moving images and musical impressions kidnap, through which they controlled with complex muscular movements - books are simply just a series of words on a page. Only a small part of the brain is activated by computer games while addressing the entire spectrum of sensory and motor brain functions. In addition, books make tragically lonely. While games make young people for a long time to build together with their friends and explore their own worlds, forcing them books in the seclusion of a quiet place, shut off from the rest of the world. This newly created 'libraries' that encourage reading, should provide a frightening picture: Dozens of children who usually maintain an active and lively exchange to sink in silence and apathy in reading ... "
Computer Games = waste of time?
This thought experiment shows us how important a non-judgmental approach, particularly in complex cases, which are difficult to capture in its entirety. All too quickly solidify generalizations and half-wisdoms. Who knows what one thing has long term consequences?
The ongoing digitalization of our entire life is one of the biggest upheavals with which the humankind has ever faced. And who knows what in the lives of our children will be crucial in a few decades? Why speak So let's - we, the partially nichtmalsr skype even SMS-en can, whether on Facebook or MySpace to find them and know the difference between a blog and a wiki does not - to tell our children what to them is good and what will be bad?
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