Hi, its a great question you are asking...
I think its a big art to teach stuff to children, because one must really understand it to do so in order to know that a simplification is not too simple.
Do you know the great books of David Macaulay (like "the way things work")? He has a great approach, explaining everything using mammouths:-)
What I would do is:
- Ask them, if they have used computers before
- Try to explain that a computer is something simple (maybe use an abacus as abstraction)
- Show them some nice program to give them somthing to try themselves (Logo or even better Squeak)
I think generally its important to be enthusiastic and humourous about the topic!
Cheers,
Dani
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Hi, its a great question you are asking... I think its a big art to teach stuff to children, because one must really understand it to do so in order to know that a simplification is not too simple. Do you know the great books of David Macaulay (like "the way things work")? He has a great approach, explaining everything using mammouths :-)
What I would do is:
- Ask them, if they have used computers before
- Try to explain that a computer is something simple (maybe use an abacus as abstraction)
- Show them some nice program to give them somthing to try themselves (Logo or even better Squeak)
I think generally its important to be enthusiastic and humourous about the topic!
Cheers,
Dani