I've been teaching my ten year old son UNIX and programming via ksh shell scripting. Seems to be working - he enjoys it, he's learning his way around the command line, and he's learning some basics of programming.
GUI is something to introduce much earlier - he's been using it prior to his first birthday. If these kids are already working with computers they've already seen the Mac and/or Windoze GUI. Show them the power of the shell, and if they already have a clue, they'll realize what it can do for them.
Those cases have been around a while. I built quite a few systems with them when working for a small-time pc manufacturer 6-7 years ago. Guts may have changed somewhat, but the layout is identical. Hopefully they don't overheat as much as they used to.
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I've been teaching my ten year old son UNIX and programming via ksh shell scripting. Seems to be working - he enjoys it, he's learning his way around the command line, and he's learning some basics of programming.
GUI is something to introduce much earlier - he's been using it prior to his first birthday. If these kids are already working with computers they've already seen the Mac and/or Windoze GUI. Show them the power of the shell, and if they already have a clue, they'll realize what it can do for them.
Those cases have been around a while. I built quite a few systems with them when working for a small-time pc manufacturer 6-7 years ago. Guts may have changed somewhat, but the layout is identical. Hopefully they don't overheat as much as they used to.