Laura's+awesome+project

=**Journal:**=

Video game addiction is another term for Overuse of videogames or an excessive use of them.
==Some symptoms of Videogame over use are things like skipping meals or sleep to play or finish video games, blurred or effected vision from looking at the same screen for hours on end, being antisocial etc.==

Some sites I may find useful are:
[] Wikipedia generally gives you a basic summary of what the Videogame addiction actually means and lists some cases of suicides etc.

[] Information about the addiction and some links.

[] An article about 5 different ways video games are getting you addicted.

[] Information about the addiction and how to tell if you or someone else has it.

Initially I decided to my research project on a band called KISS but after a few days of research I thought this topic was too enclosed and wouldnt provide me with enough information to research as the only website that had a lot of information was Wikipedia.org. I changed my topic to Videogame Addiction because I thought it would be an interesting topic to research, also because I play a lot of videogames and it's fun to experiment with new games and create surveys. I find Videogame addiction a very broad and interesting topic. The resources I will use are the internet, newspapers or magazines, myself and others to survey. I will use the programs Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel to gather my data and make tables/graphs/charts of information. The websites I used were [|www.Surveymonkey.com] and [|www.Wikispace.com].
 * Research Proposal **
 * Timeline  **
 * Week 1 & 2  ** In the first few weeks after choosing intergraded learning I began to familiarise myself with the subject by simply going on the SACE website. I created a wikipage and practiced using the site.
 * Week 3 & 4  ** The first topics I chose were the band KISS and social networking. I started to research so I could see which was better and had more sources.
 * Week 5 & 6  ** I ended up choosing KISS because I found it more exciting to research. I immediately started my research using google and found some sites. I scrapped this topic and decided to choose the topic Videogame addiction.
 * Week 7 & 8  ** I researched Videogame addiction and found a lot of websites with articles and examples which I got my information from.
 * Week 9 & 10 **  I researched gamer related suicides, case studies and side effects.
 * Week 11 & 12  ** This week I set up a little test for myself where I made a table online with different spaces of time and wrote down what I was feeling/seeing after 1/2/3 hours.
 * Week 13 & 14  ** Registered to SurveyMonkey.com and created a survey.
 * Week 15 & 16  ** Sent out surveys to Facebook friends and peers. Received 100 entries and analysed into charts, graphs and statistics.
 * Week 17 & 18  **

====I have a few times before playyed a game on Xbox 360 called Fable II, From memory I playyed it for around 4 hours then went on the computer because my brother wanted the Xbox 360, I then resumed my spot for a further 4-6 hours later staying up til around 5 am.====

**Fable 3**

 * || ===Summary=== ||
 * ===After the first hour=== || ===After playing for an hour I found that I felt very sluggish and my eyes were glued to the TV.=== ||
 * ===2 hours +=== || ===5 hours had gone by, I felt tired but couldn't tear myself away from the Xbox.=== ||

**Sims 2**

 * || ===Summary=== ||
 * ===After the first hour=== || ===I felt exactly the same, But I did not want to leave the Laptop.=== ||
 * ===2 hours +=== || ===After about 3 hours I had a sore hand from using the mouse and my eyes hurt a little from staring at the screen.=== ||

**The 6 steps to Research skills are:**

 * === Defining the task ===
 * === Locating information ===
 * === Select informaton ===
 * === Organise notes ===
 * === Present your work ===
 * === Evaluate. ===

= Here is my Survey: = = [] =

=A lot of the top games are on the Xbox and Playstation platforms.=

I have made use of the program Microsoft Excel to make charts and graphs.




Here are some links that backup the statement "Is a Videogame addiction a seriousl illness?"

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A 12-year-old boy in Bangkok commited suicide by leaping off a sixth floor veranda at his school. What drove him to take his own life this way? Being banned from playing video games.
Today I am pondering some more things to look into concerning my research.
 * Tuesday, 23 August:**

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Today I am thinking about a statement or question for my essay.
I went on the wikipedia page for videogame addiction and discovered some new cases of crimes with videogame related causes.

Here is one: Press reports in November 2005 state that Gregg J. Kleinmark, 24, plead "guilty to two counts of [|involuntary manslaughter]". He "left fraternal twins Drew and Bryn Kleinmark unattended in a bathtub for 30 minutes, in order to go three rooms away and play on his [|Game Boy Advance]" while "in the mean time, the two ten-months old kids drowned".[|[][|80][|]][|[][|81][|]]

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 * **[|^]** [|"Twins Die Drowned In Bathtub While Father Plays On GBA"]. Playfuls. November 25, 2005. Archived from [|the original] on 2005-11-27 . [] . Retrieved February 1, 2009.
 * **[|^]** [|"Father Speaks on Loss and Guilt"]. [|ABC]. November 21, 2005 . [] . Retrieved February 1, 2009 .)


 * Tuesday, 8th November: ** Today I am working on my research proposal.