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Where do Computers come in?
First,Introduce computers to kids as a tool
for *their* hobby they are already
passionate aboutpassionate about
e.g., Computers for budding writers
Then, show them how they can make the
computers do new stuff (programming),
again, for their hobby
Blogspot for writing stories
Google Images
Word
Processor
MS Paint
Browser
Google Images
[WITH parental
guidance]
As a Computer Scientist, I know that computers are more fun
when you MADE stuff with them.
Plus, I also believe that thinking to program develops thinking
in general – what they call algorithmically.
But how to do it? Doesn’t make sense to start with a textbook
so young.
So I did some research online and came up with the following
steps
Resources
• MS Paint
• Google Search, Images (SUPERVISION)
• Light Bot: Google for “Light Bot”• Light Bot: Google for “Light Bot”
• Scratch: scratch.mit.edu
• Alice: www.alice.org
• www.pensnpastels.com
• Google Earth: earth.google.com