Re:Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates
by interloxia on Friday September 15, 2023 @06:45AM
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I tend to agree.
One counter point is that I learnt how to touch type at that age at school, admittedly on an Apple II which limited most of the problems you listed. It has been a handy skill to have.
I like the idea of kids robotics with Scratch. I want to believe that there is an opportunity with children to experience the excitement of blinking an Led with a microbit for example and suspect it would be more difficult for teenagers.
Mostly I want my kids to have an understanding of what computers can be used to create earlier than later.
One counter point is that I learnt how to touch type at that age at school, admittedly on an Apple II which limited most of the problems you listed. It has been a handy skill to have.
I like the idea of kids robotics with Scratch. I want to believe that there is an opportunity with children to experience the excitement of blinking an Led with a microbit for example and suspect it would be more difficult for teenagers.
Mostly I want my kids to have an understanding of what computers can be used to create earlier than later.