Comments on: Programming as a new “literacy” http://www.hourahine.net/index.php/2008/02/programming-as-a-new-literacy/ The digital lifestream for Mike Hourahine Wed, 05 May 2010 19:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kristina http://www.hourahine.net/index.php/2008/02/programming-as-a-new-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Kristina Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:43:02 +0000 http://www.hourahine.net/wp/?p=54#comment-78 Hey, Mike I completely agree, but I think we can teach even younger students the basics of computer programming through programmes like Scratch and Squeak. This content is available to kids as young as 6 and 7. My son (he's 7) loves Scratch and has spent most of his free time lately building different games and animations. I believe that as a result of this experience he will be well versed in the logic of programming and that this will benefit not only his digital literacy, but also his mathematics understanding and other language learning. Hey, Mike

I completely agree, but I think we can teach even younger students the basics of computer programming through programmes like Scratch and Squeak. This content is available to kids as young as 6 and 7. My son (he’s 7) loves Scratch and has spent most of his free time lately building different games and animations. I believe that as a result of this experience he will be well versed in the logic of programming and that this will benefit not only his digital literacy, but also his mathematics understanding and other language learning.

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