Best distribution for an infant :)

Stephen cryptworks at gmail.com
Mon Feb 15 14:29:07 MST 2010


those are cool, they didnt have them when i was a kid...

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Alex Dean <alex at crackpot.org> wrote:
>> On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Alan Dayley wrote:
>>
>>> Suggestion: Don't give her a computer.  The best form of education for
>>> any child or adult does NOT directly involve computers.  She will have
>>> computers pushed upon her soon enough, no need to rush it.
>>
>> I second that.  My 3-year-old son built a computer for himself by drawing a
>> keyboard on a donut box with crayons.  He's 'worked' on his computer many
>> times since then.  He's provided detailed explanations from him about what
>> the various buttons do.
>>
>>>
>>> If you must, to keep her off your keys, just give her an old keyboard.
>>> Let her imagination provide the rest of the computer.
>>
>> Another good idea.  Keyboards are easy to get at goodwill if you don't
>> already have a spare.  Plugging the cord into a cardboard box helps get
>> things rolling.
>>
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>
>
>  I had an electronics set when I was a kid, something like this:
>
>  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000683A4?ie=UTF8&tag=joshzeid-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000683A4
>
>  but not exactly... thats how I learned the basics of logic which led
> to BASIC, Apple II Assembler, AP Computer Science, and a BS in
> Computer Science.
>
>  -jmz
>
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Stephen


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