Electronic Devices and Young Children

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Electronic Devices and Young Children

• By Oscar Donis
• Period 2
• Careers with Children

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Some negative results

• Every Day more electronic devices are coming out
• Each one is catching the attention of kids at
  younger ages.
• Games for kids now a days become more violent,
  and more fantasy.

• As a result kids become less active.
• Children become a little bit more unhealthy each
  passing day.
• They spend more time on playing games.

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Exposed to electronics

• From ages 4 to 7 kids are beginning to see
  electronics
• At age 7 they begin to spend more time on playing
  with electronics and spend more time on them then
  TV or computers.

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How do they get the kids?

• Companies use many different techniques to get
  children to buy there games.
• They use
• Violence
• Cartoon Characters
• TV shows
• Anything Flashy

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The DSi

• The new Nintendo DSi has internet access, plays
  music, has a camera can download games, and play
  any of the DS games.

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Ipod

• Ipods let people listen to music anywhere they
  go. They can watch movies, upload pictures, play
  games and with newer Ipods they can use internet
  listen to radio, or take pictures.

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Left to Right PS3 and Xbox 360

• Each system above has many different types of
  games for different age groups.

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Cell phones

• Age group ranges from 8 to 12 years old
• More then 50 of kids have a cell phone by then
• Most kids between the age of 8 to 12 will have a
  cell phone by 2010

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Computers

• Kids begin to explore the computer without any
  fear.
• They become better and better at younger ages.

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Thank you