[Techtalk] Ideas for tech subjects for teens?

[henna]

oeps, sry Megan

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From: henna <hennar at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:52:53 +0100
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Ideas for tech subjects for teens?
To: Megan Golding <mgolding at sdf.lonestar.org>


based on what I saw in school between 11 and 18yo and what I wanted to see :)

something logolike (I had a class where we could learn logo when I was
12, it was mighty cool)

for the less computersavy ppl:
- learn how to read a manual, use the help function, use google to
find the answers
- office like thingies (but don't make them enter formulas in
predestined cells in excell (just copy from the handout))
- image editing
- websitebuilding with wysiwyg editors
- basic computerstuff: why use user accounts, how to keep you pc
virusfree, why use a firewall, ...
- basic internetinfo: how does it work, why does msn go down
sometimes, what's a DoS, ...

slightly computersavy ppl:
- hardware, what components does you pc have, how do they afflict the
speed, ... of it?
  (preferable with hands on experience :))
basics of computer programming,
website building with html

computersavy ppl:
- learn a real programming language (eg: java,  pascal) or something
that will easily give them visual feedback, maybe let them to this
with netbeans, so you can easily create gui's that do things.
- basics of computer program design: abstraction, basic datastructures
and algorythms+ good points and drawbacks for them
- hardware: troubleshooting your pc and fixing it (adding ram, a nic, a hd, ..

Finne


--
"Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but
unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth!" Alyssa, "Chasing Amy"


-- 
"Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but
unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth!" Alyssa, "Chasing Amy"