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By all means give kids a taste of how computers actually work, but breaking down problems into small parts, that kind of critical thinking, is useful not just i
by cmurf 10y ago
By all means give kids a taste of how computers actually work, but breaking down problems into small parts, that kind of critical thinking, is useful not just in programming, but as a foundational life skill.
Bringing tablets into the classroom is one of the dumbest things I'd ever heard. Those are products. You don't learn technology, at all, by using products. You learn about a thing by deconstructing and constructing.
- 6stringmerc 10y agoI especially appreciate your second paragraph's point - the mechanism of learning. Sure, having a spell-check assist when typing is wonderful, but the user still is designed to bring the language use mechanics. Forming language communications (sentences, paragraphs, etc) is not conveyed by a product or tool, I think, but uses those as conduits from learning the deconstruction and construction parts.