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Category Archives: Games
Research Shows That Females And Males Manage Social Networks In Different Ways
Are females and males managing their social networks networks in different ways? New quantitative research shows details of the differences. Here is the abstract of the study by … Continue reading
How to Guide and Guard Children in a Digital World – Kids and Media
As a Social Worker parents will ask you for advice in the use of Internet, Mobile Phones, Gaming, or TV and Movies as they find that their children are using … Continue reading
Pain Squad – kids with cancer control their pain through gamification with back-up from Flashpoint characters [Video]
Two years ago me and my wife spent our holidays in Canada. We had a great time travelling in the east of Canada and spending some time in Ottawa, Toronto … Continue reading
Damsel in Distress – The Clichè of Women in Games [Video]
This is the first part of a video series created by Anita Sarkeesian. The video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered clichés … Continue reading
Apps and Games for Social Workers and Therapists
Mike Langlois blogs about online technologies, video games and psychotherapy. Recently he published a list of “Twenty-Three Apps for the 21st Century Therapist” naming some of the usual suspects like Flipboard, … Continue reading
Use Your Child’s Physical Activity To Power Games, Earn TV Privileges – The iBitz PowerKey and Unity activity trackers [VIDEO]
ibitz PowerKey allows kids to unlock games through their physical activity. Kids take care of a virtual GeoBotz character through their own personal choices of eating right, drinking plenty of … Continue reading
Neurology of Gaming, [Infographic] | All Kinds of Minds
As with most things, “gaming” (or being engaged in video games) has both positives and negatives when it comes to developing minds. Too much gaming, and the positive effects are … Continue reading
Woman with Parkinson’s Reports Significant Physical Recovery After Using Second Life – Academics Researching
This is Fran, an 85 year old woman who plays Second Life as an avatar named Fran Seranade, and while that’s interesting in itself, many other senior citizens like her … Continue reading
Social Worker asking public to rethink negative view of video games | Social Workers Speak
by GWright, http://www.socialworkersspeak.org Feeling guilty about giving your child a video game for a holiday gift? You shouldn’t, said Michael Langlois, a National Association of Social Workers member who has … Continue reading
