I prefer software where kids build something and run into problems they have to solve.

Daddy always asks me and I never know what to say”.

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.

BASIC is to computer programming as QWERTY is to typing.

If children really want to learn something, and have the opportunity to learn it in use, they do so even if the teaching is poor. For example many learn difficult video games with no professional teaching at all!

I prefer software where kids build something and run into problems they have to solve.

Working with the computer gives rise to many opportunities to transcend asocial behavior, because it produces exciting and visually interesting things to share, whether it's by creating video games, computer art or sharing exciting Web sites.