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Imagine how much more fun they could have painting instead of using tuxpaint. Learning how to interact with objects that aren't keyboards, mice, or lcds may ben
by asdfdsa1234 14y ago
Imagine how much more fun they could have painting instead of using tuxpaint. Learning how to interact with objects that aren't keyboards, mice, or lcds may benefit them in other ways as well.
Edit: In light of other comments by jgoerzen, this comment misses the mark.
- ForrestN 14y agoAgreed. Children's development has been tuned by ages and ages according to a world full of stimuli. The reason kids seems to go for iPads is because they are more like the actual world. You touch them, they react.
- bornhuetter 14y agoKids love TV, why bother teaching them to read useless outdated books? TV shows are visual and auditory, so much more like the real world.
- ForrestN 14y agoI didn't argue that kids should use iPads instead of the real world. I think it may be better that they don't use computers at all. I was merely suggesting that an iPad might be better for them than a command line interface.
- wtetzner 14y agoI would argue that giving them something that simulates things in the real world is less valuable than showing them something they can't get in the real world. If if simulates something in the real world, why not just let them interact with the real thing?
- polshaw 14y agoPainting requires parental supervision, set up, clean up, you can't undo, etc. Of course painting is great, but it is not a binary choice.