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> It is much better than Scratch for young kids (the mouse and keyboard are from the 20th century) As a father of two young boys, I don't think that "tools are
by mathgeek 12y ago
> It is much better than Scratch for young kids (the mouse and keyboard are from the 20th century)
As a father of two young boys, I don't think that "tools are from the 20th century" is the reason that it's easier for young kids. It's more about touching and pointing being more intuitive than typing and using a mouse. Kids will adapt to whatever tools they are given. The fact that most of us these days will put kids in front of a touch-enabled device before a keyboard doesn't mean that the keyboard is any less useful or important. It's still going to be a while before touch-and-gesture will be a better tool than typing for writing code.
- wslh 12y agoPlease take it with a pinch of salt. The keyboard and mouse are not obsolete but when you see a young kid putting so much energy in learning how to drag and drop objects in Alice ( http://www.alice.org/index.php http://www.alice.org/index.php ) instead of creating things the multitouch devices bring a solution.