hey you stop playing these video games your there your room for eight hours
your there your room for eight hours
your there your room for eight hours already get out get some fresh air go
already get out get some fresh air go
already get out get some fresh air go outside play with your friends
outside play with your friends
outside play with your friends come on these video games are not know
come on these video games are not know
come on these video games are not know I’m nothing gonna learn to these games
I’m nothing gonna learn to these games
I’m nothing gonna learn to these games please go out your grades are getting
please go out your grades are getting
please go out your grades are getting lower have you ever heard this from your
lower have you ever heard this from your
lower have you ever heard this from your father or mother or even from your
father or mother or even from your
father or mother or even from your teacher or family well I did and I want
teacher or family well I did and I want
teacher or family well I did and I want to talk today about the positive sides
to talk today about the positive sides
to talk today about the positive sides of gaming as I’ve researched 91% of the
of gaming as I’ve researched 91% of the
of gaming as I’ve researched 91% of the US kids United States kids play video
US kids United States kids play video
US kids United States kids play video games between the age of two to
games between the age of two to
games between the age of two to seventeen year old to 217 the biggest
seventeen year old to 217 the biggest
seventeen year old to 217 the biggest group or the biggest rising group
group or the biggest rising group
group or the biggest rising group nowadays is between the age of 2 to 5
nowadays is between the age of 2 to 5
nowadays is between the age of 2 to 5 that are playing video games it’s a huge
that are playing video games it’s a huge
that are playing video games it’s a huge number but what do we do with it so 91%
number but what do we do with it so 91%
number but what do we do with it so 91% plays games we could get either look at
plays games we could get either look at
plays games we could get either look at it the bad side and bash it like our
it the bad side and bash it like our
it the bad side and bash it like our parents do all the time or we can see or
parents do all the time or we can see or
parents do all the time or we can see or ask those kids what they are actually
ask those kids what they are actually
ask those kids what they are actually doing and what they were actually
doing and what they were actually
doing and what they were actually thinking that they are doing on the game
thinking that they are doing on the game
thinking that they are doing on the game because when I took I look back at my
because when I took I look back at my
because when I took I look back at my history I played between my 10th and my
history I played between my 10th and my
history I played between my 10th and my 19th for 9600 hours 9600 hours of gaming
19th for 9600 hours 9600 hours of gaming
19th for 9600 hours 9600 hours of gaming is around 400 days of 24 hours a day so
is around 400 days of 24 hours a day so
is around 400 days of 24 hours a day so it was a huge amount and I cannot only
it was a huge amount and I cannot only
it was a huge amount and I cannot only talk positively about it because when I
talk positively about it because when I
talk positively about it because when I got more addicted and I never told my
got more addicted and I never told my
got more addicted and I never told my parents that I really got addicted
parents that I really got addicted
parents that I really got addicted because it was a lot of fun I figured
because it was a lot of fun I figured
because it was a lot of fun I figured out that I also got more lonely
out that I also got more lonely
out that I also got more lonely especially at the moment when the
especially at the moment when the
especially at the moment when the outside world was meaning less for me
outside world was meaning less for me
outside world was meaning less for me then the virtual world so at a point I
then the virtual world so at a point I
then the virtual world so at a point I felt very depressed at the point when
felt very depressed at the point when
felt very depressed at the point when some friends quitted gaming quit gaming
some friends quitted gaming quit gaming
some friends quitted gaming quit gaming I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry and at that time my uncle was terribly
and at that time my uncle was terribly
and at that time my uncle was terribly sick he was taken to a hospital and not
sick he was taken to a hospital and not
sick he was taken to a hospital and not a long time later he died from cancer
a long time later he died from cancer
a long time later he died from cancer what I remember from him he was there
what I remember from him he was there
what I remember from him he was there always every single weekend to help us
always every single weekend to help us
always every single weekend to help us with the renovation he was a single guy
with the renovation he was a single guy
with the renovation he was a single guy and on a funeral as are more than a
and on a funeral as are more than a
and on a funeral as are more than a thousand people saying him goodbye more
thousand people saying him goodbye more
thousand people saying him goodbye more than a thousand people even made impact
than a thousand people even made impact
than a thousand people even made impact – with a single act of kindness he was
– with a single act of kindness he was
– with a single act of kindness he was just there for them and never wanted
just there for them and never wanted
just there for them and never wanted anything in return and he tried to help
anything in return and he tried to help
anything in return and he tried to help wherever he could and when I was
wherever he could and when I was
wherever he could and when I was upstairs playing video games I felt that
upstairs playing video games I felt that
upstairs playing video games I felt that I was only training myself but I was not
I was only training myself but I was not
I was only training myself but I was not doing anything for someone else so I was
doing anything for someone else so I was
doing anything for someone else so I was doing a lot of stuff that was really fun
doing a lot of stuff that was really fun
doing a lot of stuff that was really fun but actually I didn’t make a lot of
but actually I didn’t make a lot of
but actually I didn’t make a lot of impact I thought at the moment that I
impact I thought at the moment that I
impact I thought at the moment that I was on his funeral I decided to quit
was on his funeral I decided to quit
was on his funeral I decided to quit right from that point I quit I quit
right from that point I quit I quit
right from that point I quit I quit video gaming I got back to school and I
video gaming I got back to school and I
video gaming I got back to school and I realized that I was better in English
realized that I was better in English
realized that I was better in English than my peers I was even better at
than my peers I was even better at
than my peers I was even better at collaborating in different groups I was
collaborating in different groups I was
collaborating in different groups I was better at overcoming challenges like
better at overcoming challenges like
better at overcoming challenges like overcoming stage fear I had back then I
overcoming stage fear I had back then I
overcoming stage fear I had back then I I knew how to challenge myself because I
I knew how to challenge myself because I
I knew how to challenge myself because I knew how to level up in game and as soon
knew how to level up in game and as soon
knew how to level up in game and as soon I realized that the things that I was
I realized that the things that I was
I realized that the things that I was unaware of that I learned through gaming
unaware of that I learned through gaming
unaware of that I learned through gaming were actually skills I developed through
were actually skills I developed through
were actually skills I developed through almost 10,000 hours of gaming so it was
almost 10,000 hours of gaming so it was
almost 10,000 hours of gaming so it was good at leadership I I was able to
good at leadership I I was able to
good at leadership I I was able to manage communities because I did it
manage communities because I did it
manage communities because I did it inside that game I figured out I could
inside that game I figured out I could
inside that game I figured out I could do it as well outside in the outside
do it as well outside in the outside
do it as well outside in the outside world and my uncle realized
world and my uncle realized
world and my uncle realized that if you can do something that’s fun
that if you can do something that’s fun
that if you can do something that’s fun and something that makes an impact you
and something that makes an impact you
and something that makes an impact you get much more gratification and much
get much more gratification and much
get much more gratification and much longer gratification than just leveling
longer gratification than just leveling
longer gratification than just leveling up and I realized that making an impact
up and I realized that making an impact
up and I realized that making an impact with gaming should be the solution
with gaming should be the solution
with gaming should be the solution so I sooner or later decided to design
so I sooner or later decided to design
so I sooner or later decided to design my outside world as a game and I
my outside world as a game and I
my outside world as a game and I realized that all these games that
realized that all these games that
realized that all these games that people are playing when they are young
people are playing when they are young
people are playing when they are young are actually very good games for
are actually very good games for
are actually very good games for developing life skills like
developing life skills like
developing life skills like collaboration skills communication
collaboration skills communication
collaboration skills communication skills digital literacy that’s pretty
skills digital literacy that’s pretty
skills digital literacy that’s pretty important nowadays we can work and
important nowadays we can work and
important nowadays we can work and collaborate online but also in you are
collaborate online but also in you are
collaborate online but also in you are able to connect with new people without
able to connect with new people without
able to connect with new people without having the fear to do that you don’t
having the fear to do that you don’t
having the fear to do that you don’t have any assumptions before you connect
have any assumptions before you connect
have any assumptions before you connect with a person because you have played
with a person because you have played
with a person because you have played with maybe 20 different nationalities
with maybe 20 different nationalities
with maybe 20 different nationalities inside gaming and I search for something
inside gaming and I search for something
inside gaming and I search for something so I search for games that were actually
so I search for games that were actually
so I search for games that were actually having an impact on the real world and I
having an impact on the real world and I
having an impact on the real world and I figured out that actually the most
figured out that actually the most
figured out that actually the most popular game right now is doing that
popular game right now is doing that
popular game right now is doing that think about the most popular game what
think about the most popular game what
think about the most popular game what it is what what do you see in the media
it is what what do you see in the media
it is what what do you see in the media it’s Pokemon go and you think it’s yeah
it’s Pokemon go and you think it’s yeah
it’s Pokemon go and you think it’s yeah it’s a game that doesn’t do anything but
it’s a game that doesn’t do anything but
it’s a game that doesn’t do anything but it is a game that does do and thus have
it is a game that does do and thus have
it is a game that does do and thus have some effects because people are going
some effects because people are going
some effects because people are going outside they were exercising you get
outside they were exercising you get
outside they were exercising you get points for exercising people are going
points for exercising people are going
points for exercising people are going outside and meeting new people they were
outside and meeting new people they were
outside and meeting new people they were talking with people they never heard
talking with people they never heard
talking with people they never heard before never seen before and they were
before never seen before and they were
before never seen before and they were able to collaborate with them and as
able to collaborate with them and as
able to collaborate with them and as soon a sooner or later realized that
soon a sooner or later realized that
soon a sooner or later realized that serious gaming is actually there for a
serious gaming is actually there for a
serious gaming is actually there for a long time in flight for example in
long time in flight for example in
long time in flight for example in flight simulations in fly simulations
flight simulations in fly simulations
flight simulations in fly simulations you are taking to a safe environment and
you are taking to a safe environment and
you are taking to a safe environment and you learn the skills that you need to do
you learn the skills that you need to do
you learn the skills that you need to do it in the outside world
it in the outside world
it in the outside world and that’s what’s happening in video
and that’s what’s happening in video
and that’s what’s happening in video games as well you learn and develop
games as well you learn and develop
games as well you learn and develop skills that you can actually use in the
skills that you can actually use in the
skills that you can actually use in the outside world
outside world
outside world and I thought of more games that do this
and I thought of more games that do this
and I thought of more games that do this and nowadays with new technology I can
and nowadays with new technology I can
and nowadays with new technology I can actually demonstrate how this can impact
actually demonstrate how this can impact
actually demonstrate how this can impact the way we look at video gaming in the
the way we look at video gaming in the
the way we look at video gaming in the future and the one I want to show you a
future and the one I want to show you a
future and the one I want to show you a demo of what I did two days ago with a
demo of what I did two days ago with a
demo of what I did two days ago with a friend hey Michael we’re here to help
friend hey Michael we’re here to help
friend hey Michael we’re here to help you to cook and I love to cook that’s
you to cook and I love to cook that’s
you to cook and I love to cook that’s not problem yeah definitely
not problem yeah definitely
not problem yeah definitely okay we can cut it in in parts so I’m
okay we can cut it in in parts so I’m
okay we can cut it in in parts so I’m gonna show you I’m gonna show you how to
gonna show you I’m gonna show you how to
gonna show you I’m gonna show you how to cut the tomato so first put it in off
cut the tomato so first put it in off
cut the tomato so first put it in off yeah cut it in oh you see he sees the
yeah cut it in oh you see he sees the
yeah cut it in oh you see he sees the line I’m playing fruit ninja right now
line I’m playing fruit ninja right now
line I’m playing fruit ninja right now if you environment so what we do next is
if you environment so what we do next is
if you environment so what we do next is to make a sound maybe I can put in one
to make a sound maybe I can put in one
to make a sound maybe I can put in one slice this way he was able to make it so
slice this way he was able to make it so
slice this way he was able to make it so busy but now what he knew he didn’t have
busy but now what he knew he didn’t have
busy but now what he knew he didn’t have because I was live streaming with him I
because I was live streaming with him I
because I was live streaming with him I and I could check how he was doing
and I could check how he was doing
and I could check how he was doing yeah sometimes he took the lines is the
yeah sometimes he took the lines is the
yeah sometimes he took the lines is the grey line but now I explained it so I
grey line but now I explained it so I
grey line but now I explained it so I want to show it with this device on and
want to show it with this device on and
want to show it with this device on and you see that I see you guys and now we
you see that I see you guys and now we
you see that I see you guys and now we are live now what you see is what I see
are live now what you see is what I see
are live now what you see is what I see is it’s my it’s my video game I have it
is it’s my it’s my video game I have it
is it’s my it’s my video game I have it on my head and I can close this window
on my head and I can close this window
on my head and I can close this window you can look around and you can see the
you can look around and you can see the
you can look around and you can see the dial what do you see there it’s actually
dial what do you see there it’s actually
dial what do you see there it’s actually a TED talk I can watch this TED talk ooh
a TED talk I can watch this TED talk ooh
a TED talk I can watch this TED talk ooh what’s here it’s a tool box and this is
what’s here it’s a tool box and this is
what’s here it’s a tool box and this is fragments it’s actually a crime scene
fragments it’s actually a crime scene
fragments it’s actually a crime scene investigation game where you can figure
investigation game where you can figure
investigation game where you can figure out who did the
out who did the
out who did the and here is action graham what does it
and here is action graham what does it
and here is action graham what does it do
do
do oh here’s an example of what it does oh
yeah there’s a dinosaur oh he’s walking
yeah there’s a dinosaur oh he’s walking next to you guys aren’t you scared let’s
next to you guys aren’t you scared let’s
next to you guys aren’t you scared let’s turn this off and here’s a globe oh
turn this off and here’s a globe oh
turn this off and here’s a globe oh maybe I can connect to a lot of people
maybe I can connect to a lot of people
maybe I can connect to a lot of people outside of the other side of the world
outside of the other side of the world
outside of the other side of the world so I can just tap into a place and I can
so I can just tap into a place and I can
so I can just tap into a place and I can get a tour from a local there and here
get a tour from a local there and here
get a tour from a local there and here the two books that I just showed what
the two books that I just showed what
the two books that I just showed what can you do with that I’m talking Dutch
can you do with that I’m talking Dutch
can you do with that I’m talking Dutch here I’m sorry but I’m designing a land
here I’m sorry but I’m designing a land
here I’m sorry but I’m designing a land on my own bed so I’m taking the awful an
on my own bed so I’m taking the awful an
on my own bed so I’m taking the awful an online world into an offline environment
online world into an offline environment
online world into an offline environment where I can actually share it with other
where I can actually share it with other
where I can actually share it with other people at the same time so I can connect
people at the same time so I can connect
people at the same time so I can connect with people on the other side of the
with people on the other side of the
with people on the other side of the world and I want to take this idea to
world and I want to take this idea to
world and I want to take this idea to what is possible with it so think about
what is possible with it so think about
what is possible with it so think about video games as everyone has this thing
video games as everyone has this thing
video games as everyone has this thing at home one day think about it yourself
at home one day think about it yourself
at home one day think about it yourself there you go he’s scanning the
there you go he’s scanning the
there you go he’s scanning the environment so it’s making an infrared
environment so it’s making an infrared
environment so it’s making an infrared picture of the room and your room
picture of the room and your room
picture of the room and your room becomes your game but take this example
becomes your game but take this example
becomes your game but take this example as a way to train more female women to
as a way to train more female women to
as a way to train more female women to become leaders because you see that most
become leaders because you see that most
become leaders because you see that most game developers are men and as we can
game developers are men and as we can
game developers are men and as we can see that only one of the five people at
see that only one of the five people at
see that only one of the five people at play games are female if we look at
play games are female if we look at
play games are female if we look at women in leadership positions it’s also
women in leadership positions it’s also
women in leadership positions it’s also one out of five maybe even less in some
one out of five maybe even less in some
one out of five maybe even less in some countries and while I’m practicing a lot
countries and while I’m practicing a lot
countries and while I’m practicing a lot of life skills through video gaming I
of life skills through video gaming I
of life skills through video gaming I think we have to design more games for a
think we have to design more games for a
think we have to design more games for a woman for women and I think when these
woman for women and I think when these
woman for women and I think when these games are there we can solve really big
games are there we can solve really big
games are there we can solve really big issues like we could tune in
issues like we could tune in
issues like we could tune in in the surgery and we can help with a
in the surgery and we can help with a
in the surgery and we can help with a second opinion or we can train people to
second opinion or we can train people to
second opinion or we can train people to be to be able to handle the stress in
be to be able to handle the stress in
be to be able to handle the stress in such situations or when we go we want to
such situations or when we go we want to
such situations or when we go we want to buy a fly to wash we can practice before
buy a fly to wash we can practice before
buy a fly to wash we can practice before like with the simulation that we can
like with the simulation that we can
like with the simulation that we can also connect with someone in space when
also connect with someone in space when
also connect with someone in space when there’s an internet connection so
there’s an internet connection so
there’s an internet connection so there’s a lot of ideas and I think once
there’s a lot of ideas and I think once
there’s a lot of ideas and I think once academics like researchers that have
academics like researchers that have
academics like researchers that have never done anything in entrepreneurship
never done anything in entrepreneurship
never done anything in entrepreneurship but they can connect with the
but they can connect with the
but they can connect with the politicians and the debates about
politicians and the debates about
politicians and the debates about climate change or about restoring world
climate change or about restoring world
climate change or about restoring world peace we can actually include a lot more
peace we can actually include a lot more
peace we can actually include a lot more women in that if they are willing to
women in that if they are willing to
women in that if they are willing to take these digital tools this technology
take these digital tools this technology
take these digital tools this technology is out there as something they can use
is out there as something they can use
is out there as something they can use to express their knowledge to other
to express their knowledge to other
to express their knowledge to other world leaders to the men that are
world leaders to the men that are
world leaders to the men that are currently on the stage so I want you to
currently on the stage so I want you to
currently on the stage so I want you to think about the positive sides of gaming
think about the positive sides of gaming
think about the positive sides of gaming because if we keep on bashing video
because if we keep on bashing video
because if we keep on bashing video games we lower people’s self-esteem if
games we lower people’s self-esteem if
games we lower people’s self-esteem if we look at the good sides of gaming and
we look at the good sides of gaming and
we look at the good sides of gaming and what the results are what the skills are
what the results are what the skills are
what the results are what the skills are that you developed through gaming if you
that you developed through gaming if you
that you developed through gaming if you ask for it because when you’re young
ask for it because when you’re young
ask for it because when you’re young you’re unaware of that you can actually
you’re unaware of that you can actually
you’re unaware of that you can actually coach and facilitate these scales to be
coach and facilitate these scales to be
coach and facilitate these scales to be used in the outside world and nowadays
used in the outside world and nowadays
used in the outside world and nowadays we can merge online and offline better
we can merge online and offline better
we can merge online and offline better and better with devices like smartphones
and better with devices like smartphones
and better with devices like smartphones and glasses and we can actually game
and glasses and we can actually game
and glasses and we can actually game during the day while we’re moving and I
during the day while we’re moving and I
during the day while we’re moving and I want to link this with education because
want to link this with education because
want to link this with education because we don’t have to sit in the classroom to
we don’t have to sit in the classroom to
we don’t have to sit in the classroom to learn skills I can learn history and map
learn skills I can learn history and map
learn skills I can learn history and map and I can learn geography to a fully
and I can learn geography to a fully
and I can learn geography to a fully immerged experience with other people
immerged experience with other people
immerged experience with other people around the world so by checking in and
around the world so by checking in and
around the world so by checking in and taking the technology as a positive side
taking the technology as a positive side
taking the technology as a positive side as a opportunity to learn
as a opportunity to learn
as a opportunity to learn new skills or to train skills that you
new skills or to train skills that you
new skills or to train skills that you once need in your life when you’re
once need in your life when you’re
once need in your life when you’re having to make career I think we can
having to make career I think we can
having to make career I think we can really make a change so take this 91%
really make a change so take this 91%
really make a change so take this 91% and lift it up to a hundred thank you
and lift it up to a hundred thank you
and lift it up to a hundred thank you [Applause]
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