I am curious about your experience/opinion on this thing:
A computer can be a tool (editing or programming or learning), or a toy (playing games). I believe that it is better to learn using it as tool first, and as a toy later… and the social networks ideally as late as possible.
That’s because if you don’t know about the games, the editors are also lots of fun: a three years old child is excited about painting on the screen. But if you already know about the games, the editors are boring; it’s like eating your cake first, and then being given broccoli.
Some people say that if your kids play Minecraft or Roblox, it will encourage them to start making their own levels. Sounds kinda plausible, but in my (very limited) experience, I didn’t see such thing actually happen.
Once we organized a vacation together with some other families whose parents also work in IT. Each child had their own notebook there, so we made one big common computer room for kids. It was a lot of fun, the kids showed each other what they were doing. But my children were alternating between playing games, painting, and programming; children from the other families just kept playing Minecraft all the time.
So I recommend teaching your kids to use the computer as an editor before they join school (because afterwards they will take their lessons from their classmates). I’m curious if you agree or disagree.
I am curious about your experience/opinion on this thing:
A computer can be a tool (editing or programming or learning), or a toy (playing games). I believe that it is better to learn using it as tool first, and as a toy later… and the social networks ideally as late as possible.
That’s because if you don’t know about the games, the editors are also lots of fun: a three years old child is excited about painting on the screen. But if you already know about the games, the editors are boring; it’s like eating your cake first, and then being given broccoli.
Some people say that if your kids play Minecraft or Roblox, it will encourage them to start making their own levels. Sounds kinda plausible, but in my (very limited) experience, I didn’t see such thing actually happen.
Once we organized a vacation together with some other families whose parents also work in IT. Each child had their own notebook there, so we made one big common computer room for kids. It was a lot of fun, the kids showed each other what they were doing. But my children were alternating between playing games, painting, and programming; children from the other families just kept playing Minecraft all the time.
So I recommend teaching your kids to use the computer as an editor before they join school (because afterwards they will take their lessons from their classmates). I’m curious if you agree or disagree.