I promised my kid they’d get a laptop when they learn to read well enough.
This turned out to be a good motivator and they can now read full books.
The kid likes competitions and challenges. I would like to come up with tasks they can learn to do with the laptop.
The reason I want my children to have access to a computer specifically, is that while TVs and phones are used to consume, computers are used to create.
I will be installing some Linux flavor on this machine, as it is a bit dated.
I was thinking about things like:
- Write a short story
- Install a graphics editing program
- Draw a picture of a cat
To get them started.
Probably I need some easier ones first.
Break the system so hard that you need to reinstall the system.
Blender is cool but without a lot of guidance it is impossible to use. Blockbench is easier, and they could figure out how to put their creation inside Minecraft.
Pivot animator but it would need to run under wine/proton
Make a song, I would look into bosca ceoil blue and audacity.
Make a short movie
For real this time:
Drag and drop
Copy paste
Select multiple things
Compress and decompress archive
Google something
Find home on the map
Listen to a song.
Send email.
Take a photo with built-in camera and screenshot.
Take a backup
Share a file over the network.
Make terminal go brrrrrr
du /(cowsay, lolcat and cmatrix are also fun)Input an emoji
Change wallpaper, enable wobbly windows and THE CUBE
This has a lot of good base level skills, just what I was looking for. I’m thinking of doing multiple levels where the challenges get bigger / more difficult.