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The article failed to give any attention to what kind of software and hardware the computer will run. While I think that it is important to focus on other aspec
by timthelion 12y ago
The article failed to give any attention to what kind of software and hardware the computer will run. While I think that it is important to focus on other aspects, and us techies often focus too much on the technical, this lack of attention to the choice of software platforms is worrying to me. I hope that these children will be exposed to a standard set of tools or an open platform, rather than being lead into a proprietary platform where their skills will be reliant on the grace of a single corporation.
Think of all the children who today learn Microsoft Office. They have been trained, not to be users of computers, but to be customers of a single platform.
- chrisBob 12y ago>Think of all the children who today learn Microsoft Office. They have been trained, not to be users of computers, but to be customers of a single platform. They are trained to be customers of a single platform that many jobs (all of the ads I looked at recently) specifically require skills in. I am a big open source fan, but until businesses start asking for people proficient in any office suite then I recommend schools stick with MS Office.
- zelos 12y agoWhen I went to an open day at a local primary school they were using Scratch to teach coding (~10 year olds I think?)