I'd steer my child away from anything that made the misuse of computers a game.Greetings!
I am sure it may be very possible that my post will get lost amongst all of the other ones here, but here goes...
Santa brought a Pi5 to my child for Christmas. We are not computer illiterate people by any means, but we are lacking skills in coding. That's why Santa brought it. Would like kiddo to learn to code. Has anyone done a scavenger hunt faux hack project with their children? I'm wondering if there is something I can create on another computer on my network for her to hunt for clues on the Pi5. Again, I don't know the first thing about any of the ssh capabilities, but am very willing to learn. Let me know if anyone can share some tips.
Much appreciated!
HT
I think computer literacy in the sense of being able to read and write computer programs is not productive until a child is eleven or twelve years old. Assuming the term kiddo applies to younger children, the question then is what Pi related activities could a kiddo participate in that when the age of reason is reached the necessary background and interest is in place to naturally enjoy making stuff with technology.
Is the mathematics curriculum present in many publicly schools actually designed to dissipate interest by boring a student with impractical ways of computing things? Is mathematics still the key to success in science and engineering? Maybe it would be better to take piano lessons and join a swim team.
The best way I know to get a kiddo interested in something is to be interested in it yourself.
Sorry I don't have a link for a network treasure hunt. Raspberry Pi has some resources
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learn
I recall they used to be more Pi centric than they are now, but it's worth a look.
A forum member created a math quiz
viewtopic.php?t=340229
for their daughter. By not using commercially developed software the child also sees how it is possible to create, test and modify computer software. I suspect the empowerment that comes from writing the code yourself will turn out to be just as important as any math facts that are learned in the process.
When the daughter decides to make their own changes to the math quiz code--no matter how useless or silly--then the main step towards computer literacy is complete.
Statistics: Posted by ejolson — Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:58 pm