Hello World! The classic phrase used when exercising a new code apparently. Mine was filling the screen with “Tam is nine” with an early ZX81. What has dawned on me (and I feel very sluggish consequently) is that I was a far better programmer by the age of eleven than I am now in my 40’s.
I am a technophile – just become too much of a user, consumer and not a producer from the ground up. Sure I use the tools and technologies at my disposal to create great learning experiences. I feel though I need to regain my literacy around being able to use computers to create things from scratch.. so back to learning a new language.
My daughter is almost 4. We’ve been messing around with our Raspberry Pis a little, and as her literacy is developing, we are going to learn some Python as we go. This is a little experiment that we’ll go on together. Its not about learning the language, its about finding ways of expressing ourselves and means for both of us to aquire a creative digital literacy through play.
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