It seems really counterintuitive, but computer literacy has taken a huge nosedive since the early days.
I have a 9 year old son, and while it’s anecdotal I know for a fact he’s the only one in his class who knows what the different components look like and what they do. All his friends are major gamers, but they have no idea how any of it works under the hood, so to speak, nor are they able to do a proper Google search, or organize files.
It boggled my mind when I first realized it also. At least my son got a nice headstart, as he’s already into python and stuff. I’m proud as hell, lol.
It seems really counterintuitive, but computer literacy has taken a huge nosedive since the early days.
I have a 9 year old son, and while it’s anecdotal I know for a fact he’s the only one in his class who knows what the different components look like and what they do. All his friends are major gamers, but they have no idea how any of it works under the hood, so to speak, nor are they able to do a proper Google search, or organize files.
It boggled my mind when I first realized it also. At least my son got a nice headstart, as he’s already into python and stuff. I’m proud as hell, lol.
Gonna remember this for when my boy gets old enough. Hope he is going to at least be slightly interested lol
Minecraft can be a great tool for learning basic logic gates and all that. That’s how we started at first.
It also helps that he’s way smarter than I was at his age, lol.
Good on you for getting him involved early. I’m trying to do that stuff with my nieces and nephews but they aren’t really grabbing on.