As long as you don’t mind a website that looks like it was developed by 9-year-olds, then go for it.
Kids have an amazing capacity to learn whatever they put their mind to it. While they don’t have all of the discipline and experience to do what a professional website designer can put together, they can certainly create something that works for an auto-salvage lot. Nice work boys. I read about this in this story in the NY Times.
I really like the idea of kids at this age getting on a computer and actually learning valuable skills.
It’s also the rare case that kids get on computers and actually learn productive skills like these boys did.
As a parent, I’m going to overlook a bit of excessive computer time if the kids are actually learning something. But it’s time to pull the plug (or let ComputerTime push them off) when all they’re doing is social networking and aimless browsing.
How many of you think that your kids are actually learning valuable skills when they’re on their computers? Maybe I ask that question a different way… Given the amount of time that they are on their computers, do you think they are learning enough valuable skills to justify the amount of time they spend on their computers?
(Header image by Deryck Hodge.)
