What Should 10-Year-Olds Know About IT?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, 2004 @02:22AM from the the-sound-of-eyeballs-popping-out dept.

stephendl writes "I have been asked to give a computer based talk to a local primary school. It is part of an after school science club and I have a pretty free rein to talk about whatever I want for 10 minutes. The children will be aged 9 and 10 and will come from a range of backgrounds, there will be a parent of each child present too. My initial thoughts for the subject included the history of computers, the components in a computer and what computers are used for. Does the slashdot community have any suggestions, experience in this area or tips?"

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Re:How about things not to do? by n0d3 · 2004-09-22 03:30 · Score: 1, Troll

pointers? POINTERS? don't get those poor kids started with pointers. They are too young!!
Re:Must be great by geoffspear · 2004-09-24 08:04 · Score: 0, Troll

I chose mechanical engineering. No chance now of studying physics
Wow... what school did you go to? Every mechanical engineering textbook I've seen is just loaded with physics.

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