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I feel like the roots of this movement were to make a more computer literate society, when access to technology was a larger hurdle than it is today. Kids of a
by jdhawk 12y ago
I feel like the roots of this movement were to make a more computer literate society, when access to technology was a larger hurdle than it is today.
Kids of all economic classes are currently exposed to technology daily, so the aim has to shift. Can we create software that helps children learn faster than a traditional environment? Can we teach them things that are not available without technology?
Slapping a kid in front of a computer to play some stupid vocabulary game might have been useful in 1990, when learning to type, use a mouse, navigate an operating system, was a useful skill. Not so much now.
Can we teach them logic and problem solving skills through coding? Can we create software that makes them eager to learn and explore? Become Critical Thinkers?
The physical devices are only part of the issue. The curriculum has to be targeted and useful.
- graeme 12y agoTyping and using a mouse on an operating system are still useful. I work with students aged 16-21. By and large they hardly know how to operate computers. Typing speeds are very low. A common occurrence. I see them do a search on chrome. The search bar sends them to spam search site "yeblorsk". I ask why it does that. They shrug and say "isn't that what it's supposed to do?" They don't even know their browser has been hijacks. And these are university or university track students.