This article in the Guardian points out how kids can learn money management from games.
Freemium games are a chance to teach kids how to manage their money | Technology | theguardian.com:
The next step is to use similar techniques to teach kids how to program computers, and maybe even learn math and science.
It has always amazed me that kids who were very poor students could manage handling the odds in card games. When those same kids grew up, they could handicap racehorses, and successfully plan high stake card and casino games by understanding relatively complex contingent probability concepts. They could also memorize cards played--but couldn't remember school facts? They thought it was fun, so they learned. School, in contrast, wasn't fun to them. If game developers and education software experts could get together, I think kids would learn better, schools could be more fun, and the world will be a better place!
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code | Video on TED.com
This TED video by Mitch Resnick got me really excited about teaching kids to learn about computer programming.
Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code | Video on TED.com:
This "Scratch" software from MIT looks like it would be very easy for small children to learn and have fun doing it. I'm going to see if I can get Devin, our seven year old grandson, interested in doing it.
Here is a link to the Scratch web site at MIT: http://scratch.mit.edu/parents/ where it explains to parents how to get their kids started.
Another article in the New York Times talks about Scratch, but also mentions a programming language called Alice (web site: http://www.alice.org/index.php ) from Carnegie Mellon University.
There are other languages and tutorials in the article.
I also found software called "Game Maker" that has a free version that might be worth trying with kids. There is a good tutorial on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dT4D1A8fmU
Mark Zukerberg and others have set up a web site at "www.code.org" that has Hour of Code as an introduction, and then for $3 there is another 30 lessons that can be bought on itunes or googleplay.
Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code | Video on TED.com:
This "Scratch" software from MIT looks like it would be very easy for small children to learn and have fun doing it. I'm going to see if I can get Devin, our seven year old grandson, interested in doing it.
Here is a link to the Scratch web site at MIT: http://scratch.mit.edu/parents/ where it explains to parents how to get their kids started.
Another article in the New York Times talks about Scratch, but also mentions a programming language called Alice (web site: http://www.alice.org/index.php ) from Carnegie Mellon University.
There are other languages and tutorials in the article.
I also found software called "Game Maker" that has a free version that might be worth trying with kids. There is a good tutorial on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dT4D1A8fmU
Mark Zukerberg and others have set up a web site at "www.code.org" that has Hour of Code as an introduction, and then for $3 there is another 30 lessons that can be bought on itunes or googleplay.
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