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Writing Codes Instead of Tweets
- 1. Writing Codes Instead of Tweets How allowing kids to partake in technology through coding will make their relationships with technology healthier and prepare them for the future…
- 2. People today are over indulging in excess digital behaviours …
- 3. Over 1/2 of 18 – 24 year olds check their phone at least every 30 minutes, and over 1/3 reach for their phone when nothing is occupying their attention. (1)
- 4. Kids are particularly perceptive to these digital behaviours and their digital world that may cause more harm than good.
- 5. Teens who are on social media for more than two hours a day report poor self-rated mental health, psychological distress, suicidal ideation or unmet need for mental health support. (2)
- 6. Technology is producing a negative effect on our world.
- 7. “That’s the paradox of this: We’re communicating more but we’re not communicating deeply. That’s the disconnect.” (3)
- 8. The digital world is an unhappy and submissive one. Kids need an advanced digital literacy to take back their agency in the technological world.
- 9. The solution: have kids play a larger role in technology’s structure.
- 10. Scaffolding digital learning is a technique families can use to help kids learn about technology. This technique ultimately provides greater independence and confidence in the learning process with technology. (4)
- 11. Digital literacy learning should not stop once kids know how to use technology, it should be taught in schools.
- 12. President Obama wants every student in the United States to learn computer science. (5)
- 13. In Britain it is already part of the national curriculum that “every child should understand the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science” (6)
- 14. "Today, technology touches every aspect of life, so it is crucial that children develop the fundamental technology skills to become the makers of tomorrow" (7)
- 15. “It is the language of our world. In the future, not knowing the language of computers will be as challenging as being illiterate or innumerate are today.” (8)
- 16. If we focus kids on writing code instead of comments on facebook we can create positive relationships with technology.
- 17. Organizations such Girls Who Code and Koding with Klossy provide a positive community of technological literate kids with clubs, camps, and internships. “Girls Who Code has gone from 20 girls in New York to 10,000 girls in 42 states”. (9)
- 18. Understanding coding provides a better future. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that there will be one million jobs available for programmers in the U.S. by 2020. (10)
- 19. Add heading With coding kids can have a positive relationship with technology by building their confidence, making connections, and creating a better future for themselves and the world.