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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 01 2013 @ 01:48 PM EST |
Are you reading the article from the link you posted?
The same link as the
sidebar Newspick gives me #404.
If I was being geolocation rejected I'd
expect BBC to say so.
I found a story (the story?) on this topic
at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440126
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| Authored by: UncleVom on Tuesday, January 01 2013 @ 07:15 PM EST |
The view from here and I am not programmer although I have written some and
hacked some for both income and personal entertainment.
Freeing kids from just learning boxed applications under the guise of
"Computer Literacy" is very good as that is plain old vendor lock-in
of the worst kind. So in that sense it does free the minds from the shackles.
IMO computer programing is a far better thing to learn as it teaches logic and
the ability to breakdown problems or goals into steps.
That said, I agree that coding is not a way to free ones mind to think in new
ways (although many could benefit from the logic) and it doesn't spur instant
creativity.
I think the goals for a computer program come from outside the logical flow of
the program. At least they have for me in the past times I coded.
More or less a "It would be good if I could do this", "Can you do
this?", "I think so, maybe.", "Yes I can." type of
progression.
The "It would be good if I could do this" is where the sparking
creativity comes from and that could come from anywhere or anyone out there in
real life.
The solution may be software only or in combination with additional hardware, it
really depends what was tossed out there as a spark.
I want a cell phone with...........
I want to be able to find my car keys without my wife knowing I lost them.
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