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RE: Teach Your Children To Code! Are They Prepared For The Black Box, Digital and Creative Society?

in #technology • 7 years ago

i DO see the value of teaching kids how to code.. BUt also i do wonder if we should protect children from it until they are around 12 years old.. so they can spend their time developing normal and healthy relationships etc..

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    You make a very valid point here. At younger ages its not so much about learning to program, but learning computational thinking. We have also done an "unplugged" event where the kids would be outside in groups doing all sorts of physical games which all stimulate this. I will write up a post about this soon :).

    Please also bear in mind that at clubs such as CoderDojo, kids meet other likeminded kids and develop relationships there as well. At my dojo for example 2 guys met for the first time and now they are best friends and make money with a minecraft server they built themselves!

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       7 years ago (edited) 
      We have also done an "unplugged" event where the kids would be outside in groups doing all sorts of physical games which all stimulate this. I will write up a
      GREAT! Im really glad you said this! Sounds like a great balance now .. yeah i think we have to bring in the community and collaborative side of coding.. rather than what we see with adults which is a one guy locked up in a dark room and totally isolated ;-)