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Riegle, Rodney P. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
In the 20th century, student work was dominated by paper-print assignments, particularly essays. This was a reflection of the dominant media technology of that century--books, magazines, newspapers, radio, and television. But those days are gone. In the 21st century, the dominant media technology of today's students is the Internet. In addition to…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Essays, Printed Materials, Assignments
1999
More parents than ever before are making a conscious decision to be more selective about what their children watch and the types of games they play. This guide lists recommended videos and provides parents with informative guidelines to enable them to make informed program choices. The first part of the guide presents brief reports from the field:…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Films
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. – 2001
In a report issued in September 2000, the Federal Trade Commission reported that the motion picture, music recording, and electronic game segments of the entertainment industry intentionally promoted products to children that warranted parent cautions. This report responds to the request of the Senate Commerce Committee by focusing on advertising…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Compliance (Legal)
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. – 2002
In a report issued in September 2000, the Federal Trade Commission contended that the motion picture, music recording, and electronic game industries had engaged in widespread marketing of violent movies, music, and games to children inconsistent with their own parental advisories and undermining parents attempts to make informed decisions about…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Compliance (Legal)
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Insights on Law & Society, 2002
Focuses on the rights of youth in three articles: (1) "Equal Justice? Girls in the Juvenile Justice System"; (2) "Child Labor: An International Challenge"; and (3) "Should Minors Have Access to Violent Video Games?" Includes learning activities at the end of each article. (CMK)
Descriptors: Child Labor, Childrens Rights, Civics, Females
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De Franco, Ellen B. – PTA Today, 1989
Provides ideas to help parents determine whether their children are spending too much time with electronic media, noting children learn both good and bad from every device they use. Parents are encouraged to offer their children interest, support, and suggestions for alternate ways to spend their time. (SM)
Descriptors: Electronic Equipment, Family Influence, Guidance, Helping Relationship
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Braun, Claude M. J.; Giroux, Josette – Journal of Leisure Research, 1989
A study was designed to determine psychological complexity and reinforcement characteristics of popular arcade video games, including sex differences in game content, clientele social structure, human-to-human interaction contingencies, and value content. Results suggest a need for public control of children's access to the games and the video…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Childhood Interests, Family Involvement
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Upitis, Rena – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1998
Explores a range of responses, attitudes, and behaviors of seventh- and eighth-grade students to computer and video technology through observations and other research techniques over the course of a school year. Characterizes the students as having "computer personalities" and explains different cases. Offers suggestions for including…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Kirsh, Steven J. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Investigated the effects of playing violent versus non-violent video games on the interpretation of ambiguous provocation situation. Found that children playing a violent video game responded more negatively to three of six ambiguous provocation story questions than children playing the non-violent video game. Data suggest that playing violent…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Attribution Theory, Bias
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Gee, J. P. – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2005
A good instructional game, like many good commercial games, should be built around what the author calls "authentic professionalism." In such games, skills, knowledge, and values are distributed between the virtual characters and the real-world player in a way that allows the player to experience first-hand how members of that profession think,…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Video Games, Cognitive Psychology, Video Technology
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Gee, James Paul – E-Learning, 2005
This article asks how good video and computer game designers manage to get new players to learn long, complex and difficult games. The short answer is that designers of good games have hit on excellent methods for getting people to learn and to enjoy learning. The longer answer is more complex. Integral to this answer are the good principles of…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Games, Educational Principles, Computer System Design
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Scholder, Amy; Zimmerman, Eric – E-Learning, 2005
This article is excerpted, with the permission of the editors and the publishers, from an edited book published by Peter Lang Publishing in conjunction with Eyebeam (www.eyebeam.org), a not-for-profit new media arts organization in New York City. It reproduces one of the book's four organizing "modules"--Games as Exchange--which focuses on new…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Learning Modules, Educational Games
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Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis
Boehm, Steven S., Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ3), 2006
The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families and protecting every child from harm. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, "Children's Voice"…
Descriptors: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Video Games, Drug Abuse, Juvenile Courts
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Sefton-Green, Julian – Review of Research in Education, 2006
This chapter begins with a scenario contrasting two seemingly different images of child and media from before and after the "digital revolution." The author argues that there is much greater continuity in how this relationship has been conceptualized over the period than is commonly imagined. While not offering a comprehensive study of recent…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Youth, Authors, Mass Media Effects
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