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I don't know your life but I suspect that more than programming you leaned "advanced use of computers". I both believe that this is really valuable and that "j

I don't know your life but I suspect that more than programming you leaned "advanced use of computers". I both believe that this is really valuable and that "just programming" non a good subject for kids. By this I mean that if you learn how to do some small game and animation in a simple graphical environment you learn neither to program nor how to use a complex and rich tool. It is a typical story in programming courses, as far as I know, there are those who have a lot of experience, some experience and no experience; those with some programming experience are the most likely to fail know just enough to be bored by the introduction and not enough to avoid the mistakes.

cweagans 8y ago
My dad was a software engineer and I was a very curious kid - if there was an opportunity to learn something, I was on board. Didn't matter what it was - computers, rockets, cooking, pool maintenance, etc. Learning "advanced use of computers" came along with it, but specifically, I learned VB6 pretty thoroughly when I was 10. I also had a copy of some version of RPG Maker that could use Ruby for the in-game scripts. Building games in an environment like that -- even if it only requires a little bit of programming -- is still a great way to get children to sit down and focus on solving a problem.