ah yes of course why should a school teach kids not relevant knowledge like computer?
Perhaps to make sure that poor kids can never learn it or what is your logic behind this?
Perhaps to make sure that poor kids can never learn it or what is your logic behind this?
Computers and screens are introduced too early. The kids just use them to zone out and mess around.
The kids all forget their passwords, so login is a pain. To solve this the school made the same password for all. Some brat sets all the girls avatars to boobs. The various ways kids look up porn is a continual frustration.
It doesn’t add to the learning, it makes lazy teachers lives easier. Some classes play Minecraft - I’m unclear how that’s teaching. Some use iPads to take creative photos. It’s not creative and is a waste of time and lazy.
Computers have a place in schools, and it’s with older kids than 8-9 and needs to be way more prescriptive when used with <10 year olds.
Edit: Probably relevant, my wife and I went to a Steiner school, as does our kid. That system has a pretty old fashioned view on screen time and devices - as I started typing this our child stated that metal work and leather work lessons were starting soon.
That familiarity builds over years to give you a half decent mental model for a computer - one that is a massive aid to college freshman learning CS.
Perhaps screens are being introduced too early, certainly there is a point where a game like minecraft is not teaching, but I wouldn't dismiss the concept outright. Familiarity with computers is why some kids soar through CS degrees and others feel like they were missing some secret pre-college class.
There are definitely ways to teach within Minecraft. Redstone springs to mind, but I imagine there are others.
I really wish Google would make fingerprint sensors standard for Chromebooks.
As far as Gummy bears are involved, my read of the Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence group report*, vs the competency and resources available to 13-year olds (who are not to be underestimated, tbc), is that the gummy bear trick no longer works.
That said, I’m in New Zealand, which was quite highly vaccinated and also mandated vaccinations for teachers.
I rate the system for getting kids to want to learn - not just at school, after finishing schooling too.
Pls try not to support something like this :(
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.