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Argumentative Essay
Children today are bombarded with technology. When you see them with technology whether it be a phone, tablet, or the television one must wonder if all that technology is good for them. Technology can have its drawbacks when it is not used correctly, but it can also be beneficial to help children gain knowledge. It just needs to be done with the right balance. This argument is one that has been going on for a while now. Living in the age of technology, it is proving to be more beneficial and is crucial for children to use technology to improve their learning. Educational television and tablet games can help boost children’s intellect. When children can watch videos every day and they can learn from the repetition, it is very beneficial. The repetition allows for them to have better recall of this information later. Most often children will remember a song they have heard or a rhyme that is catchy. That’s why it is beneficial for repetition. According to the authors of the journal, The Future of Children, “Early exposure to age-appropriate programs designed around an educational curriculum is associated with cognitive and academic enhancement” (Kirkorian et al. 2008, para 1). Making learning interesting is important to help children learn the best way possible. Children have many different styles of learning. Some children need educational television and tablet games as it helps them learn better. Some children learn by using hands-on activity more than just listening. It is important to address the way that children learn the best. According to
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the authors of the Annali Dell’lstituto Superior di Sanita, “Many educational researchers have affirmed that young people have different learning styles and communication technologies preferences because of their fluency in communication technology skills. Because of this, they urge schools and educators to respond to these students’ preferences in ways that may be significant for education” (Gigantesco et al., 2019, page 2).
Educational videos and tablet games help teach children new skills. They help them learn
how to write, spell, recall letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and other educational foundational skills. According to the authors of the Review of Educational Research Journal, “
Listening to stories, children expand their story comprehension skills and acquire sophisticated language in addition to code-related skills such as phonological awareness or concepts of print” (Takacs et al., 2015, para 2). These types of technology can also help them learn how to get dressed every day, how to eat and drink correctly, and how to take care of themselves in the personal hygiene area. They are learning the foundational skills of fine and gross motors. The fine motor skills help them to be able to write, to manipulate small items, to button their buttons, to zip zippers, and to be able to use their arms and hands to do different activities. Gross motor skills are those skills for large movements with arms and legs. They are the skills that they need to kick a ball, to
catch or throw a ball, to jump, skip, walk, or run. Another foundational skill that educational videos and tablet games help with is teaching children to be social and to interact with their peers. Videos help to model these skills while tablet games help children to practice these skills so they can use them in their everyday lives. Educational television shows and tablet games are helpful for children with disabilities. They provide children with a way to convey the knowledge they have when they cannot communicate with those around them verbally or by using gestures. Children with disabilities
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can use tablets with a communication board to be able to communicate their wants, needs, academic knowledge, and to communicate socially with their peers. Educational television can help them learn skills they may need when they have issues with gross motor skills. They can study a soccer game to see how to play or they can get help learning their foundational academic skills. Children with disabilities can really benefit from educational television and tablet games. Children with disabilities use their tablet games and educational television to help them learn different ways to calm themselves and their behaviors. Games that can be downloaded to their tablets are great tools to help promote calming techniques and strategies for when they get upset, feel angry, sad, or need to express their feelings. There are educational television shows that help them to be able to work with their feelings as well. They show step by step how to keep
calm and express feelings without hurting others. When children have the correct techniques to help control their emotions and to keep themselves calm, they can learn better. Parents must be willing to give educational television and tablet games a chance as they are beneficial for children. They really do help children to learn new things. Children can learn more by watching educational videos and on tablet games than just daily instruction given during
school. It happens when all their learning styles are met, and the content being taught is solidified into their memories with ways that they prefer to learn. According to the author of Knowledge Quest Journal, “Using educational games to learn or reinforce lessons engages students and turns a potentially boring subject into something exciting and desirable to know! Games offer teachers and parents a new way to grab students' attention so that they will retain information. Games have become a teaching tool, an invaluable resource for reaching students in
ways conventional methods may not or providing a means to practice a skill or subject so children do not forget what they have been taught”
(
Petsche, 2011, page 2). The use of virtual
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reality with the tablet or television can take children to different places around the world they would otherwise never be able to physically visit. This helps them to explore and learn more than
they would have just by going to school. Parents and health professionals could argue that children who spend too much time looking at a television or on a tablet can develop health issues. Those that oppose these ways of learning would say that it can lead to issues such as obesity from sitting too much. It could lead to children having diabetes from making the wrong food choices and having poor circulation from being sedentary. All these things could eventually lead to heart disease or other diseases that come from making poor health choices. According to the authors of the Italian Journal of Pediatrics, “
Electronic media use during early childhood for more than 2
hours per day has been linked to increased weight status and to behavioral problems. In particular, well-being can be conceptualized as constituting positive and adverse psychological and social attributes and behaviors. Poor levels of well-being during early childhood are associated with later outcomes, such as depression and hostile and aggressive behavior. Television viewing and videogames are related to increased rates of obesity, sedentary behaviors during childhood and wrong dietary behaviors” (Bozzola et al., 2018, para 23). Parents and physicians must take into consideration that some of these games and shows are interactive, therefore, the children are not sitting as often
as they could be. Children can use tablets and their television to help them practice their favorite sports with the use of virtual reality goggles or a gaming system. They can also use it to help them exercise. There are many educational videos that use physical motions when learning letters, numbers, and other foundational skills. Parents and physicians should take the time to investigate how well these pieces of technology can be utilized for children and that they are not just sitting down staring at a television or tablet screen.
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The child’s behavior issues in the future can be a concern for parents and doctors. When young children are using television and tablets often, it can allow for outcomes such as depression and hostile behaviors later in life. It seems that these issues can arise due to not socializing with peers and having psychological issues. If parent’s monitor what their child is watching and interact with them using the technology, then there should not be behavior or psychological issues with the child. They should also be able to socialize with peers because their parents have been showing them socialization techniques while using technology. The evidence is clear that when you have the right balance in use of tablet games and educational television it can be very beneficial for children. There is negative connotation surrounding children using technology, but the benefits of it outweigh the bad. Children who use tablet games and educational television get the repetition which helps with recall of information. This helps to boost their intellect. They obtain knowledge in their preferred learning style and master their foundational educational skills that are necessary for their learning careers. Tablet games and educational television help students with disabilities be able to work on intellectual issues as well as any behavior or communication skills they may need help with. Those who would argue that tablets and television are not good for children to use often should do research and get all the facts. Tablet games and educational television can be a great benefit to children and help them soar to new heights in their learning.
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Work Cited
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about Digital Interactive Education Activities for Promoting Psychological Well-Being
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Kirkorian, Heather L., et al. “Media and Young Children’s Learning.” The Future of Children,
vol. 18, no. 1, 2008, pp. 39–61. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20053119. Petsche, Jennifer. “Engage and Excite Students with Educational Games.” Knowledge Quest,
vol. 40, no. 1, Sept. 2011, pp. 42–44. EBSCOhost,
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vol. 85, no. 4, 2015, pp. 698–739. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24753027.
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