__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 31 July 2006 11:37 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>| The oldest child is seven years old and the youngest is four and a
>>| recent class had children learning how to input data into an Microsoft
>>| Excel spreadsheet.
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>>| The young age of the participants and the complexity of the tasks they
>>| are performing raises questions about the use of computers by
>>| children.
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>>| Teacher Mike Ryde says: "We have children as young as 18 months on
>>| the courses..."
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/5223192.stm
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> ChiCI's Janet Read says: "My own opinion is that 18 months
> isn't a good age." "It's a little bit ridiculous to think of an
> 18-month-old marriage bid child sat in front of a traditional
> computer."
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> Why? My no1 kid used to sit on my knee and press some of the keys
> during games; nothing ridiculous about this at all. I despair of such
> people and their lack of imagination.
My sister began with some Teletubby game if I recall
correctly. She was very young at the time and could barely
walk, if at all. There were all sorts of simplified
keyboards for children, which unsurprisingly, had been
designed to run with Windows software. Igorasmus (I assume
you have come across him -- Igor Chudov of algebra.com)
recently asked for a distribution to suit his baby-toddler
and Edubuntu was the perfect match as far as I can recall.
This showed why the so-called 'fragmentation' is actually a
positive thing. How long before distrowatch features a Linux
distribution which is specifically targatted at toddlers?
There are many educational variants, but nothing that suit
exceptionally young ages.
Best wishes,
Roy
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