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What does the research on computer literacy (if any) say about the appropriate time to introduce these things? I don't think a five year old will be tremendous
by jonbarker 10y ago
What does the research on computer literacy (if any) say about the appropriate time to introduce these things? I don't think a five year old will be tremendously behind. UI literacy probably comes from mapping UIs to things you are familiar with in the real world. Command line literacy comes from knowing how to read, type, and organize information.
- alan_cx 10y agoNo idea about research, but my youngest first started playing with a smart phone at about 9 months. Yes, really. After about a month he could unlock it and launch games. Soon progressed to finding YouTube videos of preschool songs for the alphabet, colours, shapes, etc. He is now 5, and can happily search google for things like mine craft hacks, which he can easily apply, and his current hobby is installing old skool operating systems on Oracle VM. His current favorite sound is the Win 95 start up sound.... He has now got a reading age of about 13, so for example he can read a broadsheet newspaper with out help, he can type anything, but is only just learning to write with a pen. But even that is now happening super quick. He started learning to write 9 months ago and had caught up with his class. Just by my experience, I'd give them devices as soon as possible, but perhaps remember to get them writing as well. Why didnt we take care of making sure he could also write? Frankly piss poor parenting on our part.
- jonbarker 10y agoThanks for the feedback. I imagine an ipad pro with the stylus could probably catch him up on that. What caused the advanced reading age in your opinion?