Teaching hexadecimal and binary, especially around bits, nibbles, and bytes, is an awesome way to introduce kids to how computers “think.” Let’s face it their world is fully computerized and networked. All communications is done in binary, bits, nibbles, and bytes. Heck, its the way computers think. Here is a deeper dive into why kids […]
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Teaching kids about networking (the digital kind, not social networking) can actually be a lot of fun if you break it down into simple, relatable concepts and use interactive activities. I have written other articles like teaching kids programming and teaching kids electricity. Here I want to talk about networking. Here’s a step-by-step approach to
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I previously posted an article on teaching kids electricity with Squishy Circuits, as well as teaching kids about networks/networking, and someone asked what about programming. Great question. Back in the day (2005) there was a special computer (the XO) you could buy that was tuned to kids learning programming. It was called the One Laptop
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Absolute Genius! When kids are introduced to electricity in 3rd or 4th grade science labs, they’re often handed unfamiliar components—wires, resistors, LEDs—and expected to understand how it all works. These parts feel foreign and complicated, which can create a disconnect in learning. Like many others, I believe this leads to a learning gap. But recently,
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