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With JavaScript/HTML, Scratch, or anything that requires the internet, I'm concerned about attention span. I don't want to commit some, "it was better in the ol
by euroclydon 13y ago
With JavaScript/HTML, Scratch, or anything that requires the internet, I'm concerned about attention span. I don't want to commit some, "it was better in the old days" fallacy, my 6 and 8 years olds are using scratch, but when they're 12, my plan is to give them an offline PC and a printed copy of Learn Python the Hard Way. It's just too easy to be distracted by the internet. When they're 16 (we homeschool, so I can do this) I'm going to let them take a half a year off from other studies and work through The Elements of Computing Systems, where they will built their own VM, language and compiler in Java.
- geedy 13y agoThis is a good point. I'll have to get a better handle on his ability to focus / get distracted.
- csense 13y ago> It's just too easy to be distracted by the internet. But OTOH a lot of documentation, help, and resources are available on the Internet. Learning to program was much more difficult in the old days when those resources weren't available.