Video games can be classified into the following categories role playing, strategy, sports, and action.
Role playing video games is when one player controls one character fulfilling one or many quests. Role playing video games are aimed for people who enjoy single player games. Role playing games most likely rely on a well developed story and setting which is divided into a number of quests. An example of a role playing video games would be an all time classic called Dungeons & Dragons.
Strategy video games deal with skillful thinking and planning to achieve victory. Also in strategy video games victory is achieved through chance and strategized thinking. The main concept of strategy video games is for the player ability to out-think their opponent. A perfect example of a strategy video game would be chess.
Sports video games simulate the practice of traditional sports such as soccer, football, baseball and basketball. Sports games feature the names and characteristics of real teams and players. Just like real life sports, sports video games feature a play-by-play and color commentary.An example of a sports video game would be Madden Football.
In Action video games the player controls and navigates an avatar or the main character through a quest collecting objects or battling enemies with special weapons and avoiding obstacles that might kills or hurt the avatar. At the end of each quest or level the player must defeat a large enemy that is more challenging and powerful than previous enemies. The avatar usually have a number of lives and when the avatar runs out of lives the game is over. An example of an action video game would the Super Mario games.
Biyernes, Enero 6, 2012
Compare And Contrast Two Educational Theorist
Effective teachers are aware of the various ways children grow and develop. Growth and development can be described from several theoretical points of view. Teachers who understand and form an opinion about the various theories consciously create environments, plan activities, and manage behaviors in ways that nurture children according to their beliefs. Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky each developed theories of child development which can be used in an educational setting.
Jean Piaget, a Swiss epistemologist, was the most prominent in the field of cognitive psychology in his time and the most important contributor to the constructivist education theory. His theory of cognitive development was based on the notion that cognitive abilities, one’s ability to think, are developed as individuals mature physiologically and have opportunities to interact with their environment. He describes interactions as the equilibration of accommodation and assimilation. According to Piaget, individuals are endowed with cognitive dispositions and capabilities. When an individual encounters new information or stimuli, he is brought into a state of disequilibrium. Through the complimentary process of accommodation (adjusting prior knowledge gained through experiences) and assimilation (fitting new information with what was previously understood) individuals return to a state of equilibrium. According to Piaget, this is how learning takes place. Piagetian theory describes learning is discrete and predictable stages. The stages of development are sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operations. In the sensorimotor stage, the child’s age is from zero to two years old. During this first stage the child learns from the environment and through their senses. The second stage of development is preoperational stage. In this stage, the child is between the age of two years old and seven years old. This stage is the relevant to the elementary years. It is also when the child begins to learn mathematical operations however mathematical concepts still need manipulative referent. Learning takes place exclusively through discovery at this point in development. The third stage is the concrete operational stage. At this stage the child is seven years old to eleven years old. This is the stage that the child begins to decenter and takes into consideration of other people’s viewpoints, understand reversibility, inversion, and conversation. They also begin to group items into categories. The last stage of development is the formal operation stage. This is the ultimate stage of development, where the child is eleven through adulthood. During this stage the child begins abstract, logical, and hypothetical thinking. They also begin to used scientific method and formulate cause and effect relationship.
Teachers who understand Piaget’s theory will provide students with learning environment that will support the activities for children according to their developmental stages. The classroom will also consist of active learning which will include hands on activities, discovery opportunities, and manipulatives. Interactions with peers, or cooperative learning, are an important part of cognitive development.
Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist, describe learning as a construction of knowledge within a social context. He believed development could not be separated from its social context and learning could lead to development. Vygotsky viewed the learner as an active participant of constructing his own learning through interactions with caregivers, family, or more competent peers with the context of his society. This phenomena is called the Zone of Proximal Development. Vygotsky describes it as “the distance between the actual development level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers” (Vygotsky, 1978). In other words, a student can perform a task under adult guidance or peer collaboration that can not be achieved alone. The Zone of Proximal Development bridges the gap between what is known and what can be known. Vygotsky claim learning occurred in this zone.
Teachers who understand Vygotsky’s theory will scaffold new learning either through formal or informal instruction or through shared activities in mixed ability groups. They understand that experiences, language and social interaction all help students’ cognitive development. The classroom becomes a community of learning.
Although Piaget and Vygotsky were both constructivist, they approached development differently. Piaget believed that cognitive development consist of four main periods of cognitive growth. His theory suggests that development has an endpoint in goal. Vygotsky, in contrast, believed development is a process that should be analyzed, instead of a product to be obtained. According to Vygotsky, the development process that begins at birth and continues until death is too complex to be defined by stages.
Methods and approaches to teaching have been greatly influenced by the research of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Jean Piaget proposed that cognitive development from infant to young adult occurs in four universal and consecutive stages. Lev Vygotsky offered an alternative to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. His theory of social development states that students learn through social interactions and their culture. Piaget’s theory states that children act on their environment to learn. Both have contributed to the field of education by offering explanations for children’s cognitive learning styles and abilities.
Jean Piaget, a Swiss epistemologist, was the most prominent in the field of cognitive psychology in his time and the most important contributor to the constructivist education theory. His theory of cognitive development was based on the notion that cognitive abilities, one’s ability to think, are developed as individuals mature physiologically and have opportunities to interact with their environment. He describes interactions as the equilibration of accommodation and assimilation. According to Piaget, individuals are endowed with cognitive dispositions and capabilities. When an individual encounters new information or stimuli, he is brought into a state of disequilibrium. Through the complimentary process of accommodation (adjusting prior knowledge gained through experiences) and assimilation (fitting new information with what was previously understood) individuals return to a state of equilibrium. According to Piaget, this is how learning takes place. Piagetian theory describes learning is discrete and predictable stages. The stages of development are sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operations. In the sensorimotor stage, the child’s age is from zero to two years old. During this first stage the child learns from the environment and through their senses. The second stage of development is preoperational stage. In this stage, the child is between the age of two years old and seven years old. This stage is the relevant to the elementary years. It is also when the child begins to learn mathematical operations however mathematical concepts still need manipulative referent. Learning takes place exclusively through discovery at this point in development. The third stage is the concrete operational stage. At this stage the child is seven years old to eleven years old. This is the stage that the child begins to decenter and takes into consideration of other people’s viewpoints, understand reversibility, inversion, and conversation. They also begin to group items into categories. The last stage of development is the formal operation stage. This is the ultimate stage of development, where the child is eleven through adulthood. During this stage the child begins abstract, logical, and hypothetical thinking. They also begin to used scientific method and formulate cause and effect relationship.
Teachers who understand Piaget’s theory will provide students with learning environment that will support the activities for children according to their developmental stages. The classroom will also consist of active learning which will include hands on activities, discovery opportunities, and manipulatives. Interactions with peers, or cooperative learning, are an important part of cognitive development.
Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist, describe learning as a construction of knowledge within a social context. He believed development could not be separated from its social context and learning could lead to development. Vygotsky viewed the learner as an active participant of constructing his own learning through interactions with caregivers, family, or more competent peers with the context of his society. This phenomena is called the Zone of Proximal Development. Vygotsky describes it as “the distance between the actual development level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers” (Vygotsky, 1978). In other words, a student can perform a task under adult guidance or peer collaboration that can not be achieved alone. The Zone of Proximal Development bridges the gap between what is known and what can be known. Vygotsky claim learning occurred in this zone.
Teachers who understand Vygotsky’s theory will scaffold new learning either through formal or informal instruction or through shared activities in mixed ability groups. They understand that experiences, language and social interaction all help students’ cognitive development. The classroom becomes a community of learning.
Although Piaget and Vygotsky were both constructivist, they approached development differently. Piaget believed that cognitive development consist of four main periods of cognitive growth. His theory suggests that development has an endpoint in goal. Vygotsky, in contrast, believed development is a process that should be analyzed, instead of a product to be obtained. According to Vygotsky, the development process that begins at birth and continues until death is too complex to be defined by stages.
Methods and approaches to teaching have been greatly influenced by the research of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Jean Piaget proposed that cognitive development from infant to young adult occurs in four universal and consecutive stages. Lev Vygotsky offered an alternative to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. His theory of social development states that students learn through social interactions and their culture. Piaget’s theory states that children act on their environment to learn. Both have contributed to the field of education by offering explanations for children’s cognitive learning styles and abilities.
Definition Of Love
Love is a word with many definitions. Although, Webster defines love as a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; affection and tenderness felt by lovers based on admiration, benevolence or common interests, but to me love is not just a feeling, but it is the way that you treat the ones you care for. You should treat the ones you love so considerately through your actions they'll know you care and love them. Love in my eyes, is making that sacrifice for someone, knowing that you might regret it sooner or later. Love is how you make another person feel when you are in their presence.
Many people show or express their love for someone in many and different ways. To me love is in the actions not the words. The true meaning of love like what is the meaning of life is one of the questions that will remain unsolved forever, but right now love is a great thing that should be treasured forever and valued as a important part in your life, because it will effect all relationships, romantic or not. Love has not changed at all over the course of history and this makes it the most important emotion anyone could ever have. Most people take love for granted and worry about it always being there when they need it the most.
Family love is another type of love we can think about. It is the love we use between our intermediate family and our extended family members. Family love is said to be blind only to show that love can be shown to anyone, no matter condition or problems one can have. Of course, we all know about the good times, hard times, and times we have as a family, but no matter what the situations are within the family, love is usually an important part.
A close bond between two people can begin with a friendship. Whether it is a friendship between two guy friends, two girl friends, or one male and one female these friendships will develop into love. It is not a romantic love, but this type of love still connects people. Friends may fight or move to different areas, but friends will always have that connection they once shared. Romantic love on the other hand is not always there at the beginning, but grows within us. When we finally find the love we’vr been looking for, I believe you can not imagine life with anybody else.
Romantic love is a connection between two people that is captured with a feeling that is not only felt within the heart, but within their body as well. I have never been in love with a guy, yet I can only imagine what it might be like to be in love. However, from my observations of my friends and family love just seems like a big headache more than anything else which I know isn’t true, because no matter what there will always be disagreements, arguments, but what’s a relationship without them?
To simply write a definition of love is complicated, because every person has a different perception of love. The only way to capture the true meaning of love is to experience the feeling and find out for yourself what love is. In our lives and the lives of others, love is there. Whether it is between family, friends, or lovers, love is a precious feeling; love in itself is something that will never fade away, no matter who falls in and out of it. The concept of love is one that will change over time, but remains a characteristic of life. When true love is found it will last forever and you will probably have the happiest times of your life however, time may change many things, but feelings and emotions are apart of what remains constant.
Many people show or express their love for someone in many and different ways. To me love is in the actions not the words. The true meaning of love like what is the meaning of life is one of the questions that will remain unsolved forever, but right now love is a great thing that should be treasured forever and valued as a important part in your life, because it will effect all relationships, romantic or not. Love has not changed at all over the course of history and this makes it the most important emotion anyone could ever have. Most people take love for granted and worry about it always being there when they need it the most.
Family love is another type of love we can think about. It is the love we use between our intermediate family and our extended family members. Family love is said to be blind only to show that love can be shown to anyone, no matter condition or problems one can have. Of course, we all know about the good times, hard times, and times we have as a family, but no matter what the situations are within the family, love is usually an important part.
A close bond between two people can begin with a friendship. Whether it is a friendship between two guy friends, two girl friends, or one male and one female these friendships will develop into love. It is not a romantic love, but this type of love still connects people. Friends may fight or move to different areas, but friends will always have that connection they once shared. Romantic love on the other hand is not always there at the beginning, but grows within us. When we finally find the love we’vr been looking for, I believe you can not imagine life with anybody else.
Romantic love is a connection between two people that is captured with a feeling that is not only felt within the heart, but within their body as well. I have never been in love with a guy, yet I can only imagine what it might be like to be in love. However, from my observations of my friends and family love just seems like a big headache more than anything else which I know isn’t true, because no matter what there will always be disagreements, arguments, but what’s a relationship without them?
To simply write a definition of love is complicated, because every person has a different perception of love. The only way to capture the true meaning of love is to experience the feeling and find out for yourself what love is. In our lives and the lives of others, love is there. Whether it is between family, friends, or lovers, love is a precious feeling; love in itself is something that will never fade away, no matter who falls in and out of it. The concept of love is one that will change over time, but remains a characteristic of life. When true love is found it will last forever and you will probably have the happiest times of your life however, time may change many things, but feelings and emotions are apart of what remains constant.
Anime Addiction: Its Causes And Effects On Student
Anime is a style of animation in Japan, heavily influenced by the manga (Japan comic) style and typically featuring characters with large eyes, big hair, exaggerated facial expression, and it is classified according to its genre. Anime are animation that are unrestrained in artistic expression, serious drama, violence and vulgarity (there is even pornographic anime).
Nowadays, anime addiction is very rampant especially among students. People with obsessive interest in anime are called, Otaku (a Japanese term). There are many factors that urge students to watch anime that leads to addiction. Anime itself serves as a great factor that let the students to watch, because anime became the latest trend for all teenagers. Next is that having a good storyline that makes the students hook up. If students missed one episode, they will surely get lost and never get the drift of the entire series. Another one is due to cool animation, which has a vibrant color that tickles their eyes everytime they watched a single episode. Next is peer pressure, which influences a person to watch anime. When your group are expose to anime it will surely influences you. Last is boredom buster. As an expert say, boredom is not the lack of sensory stimulation: It is just a lack of imagination or creative thinking, so students tend to watch anime more often and surf the internet to read online manga.
Students who are too much expose to anime became addicted and anime addiction can have positive or negative effects to the viewer. The positive effect is that, it gives happiness to students which satisfy them and instead of engaging into drugs they spend their time on watching anime. Aside from the entertainment perspective, students learn to reach to others and make friends who share the same passion through joining Cosplay or Costume play. Through watching anime, they learn to draw and improve their English grammar.
The negative effect is that, students are expose to sexual activity through watching sex type of anime or commonly called Hentai. Hentai is a Japanese word that is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics or animation. It could also affect the students behavior. They became lazy. Students start getting too much influenced by every kind of fashion. They lose the sense of reality, since they expose to the world of anime and sometimes students shows a very childish attitude toward life.
To prevent anime addiction, students must develop self-discipline or self-control. They must set limitation and know their top priorities. Proper parental guidance can also be a prevention. Parents can help their child through guiding them and academic interest must be taught to students so that they would not focus on watching anime.
Nowadays, anime addiction is very rampant especially among students. People with obsessive interest in anime are called, Otaku (a Japanese term). There are many factors that urge students to watch anime that leads to addiction. Anime itself serves as a great factor that let the students to watch, because anime became the latest trend for all teenagers. Next is that having a good storyline that makes the students hook up. If students missed one episode, they will surely get lost and never get the drift of the entire series. Another one is due to cool animation, which has a vibrant color that tickles their eyes everytime they watched a single episode. Next is peer pressure, which influences a person to watch anime. When your group are expose to anime it will surely influences you. Last is boredom buster. As an expert say, boredom is not the lack of sensory stimulation: It is just a lack of imagination or creative thinking, so students tend to watch anime more often and surf the internet to read online manga.
Students who are too much expose to anime became addicted and anime addiction can have positive or negative effects to the viewer. The positive effect is that, it gives happiness to students which satisfy them and instead of engaging into drugs they spend their time on watching anime. Aside from the entertainment perspective, students learn to reach to others and make friends who share the same passion through joining Cosplay or Costume play. Through watching anime, they learn to draw and improve their English grammar.
The negative effect is that, students are expose to sexual activity through watching sex type of anime or commonly called Hentai. Hentai is a Japanese word that is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics or animation. It could also affect the students behavior. They became lazy. Students start getting too much influenced by every kind of fashion. They lose the sense of reality, since they expose to the world of anime and sometimes students shows a very childish attitude toward life.
To prevent anime addiction, students must develop self-discipline or self-control. They must set limitation and know their top priorities. Proper parental guidance can also be a prevention. Parents can help their child through guiding them and academic interest must be taught to students so that they would not focus on watching anime.
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