Designing for Children

By Matt -
I found the fact that they began to design computers for children to be one of the most interesting parts of the reading. I've always noticed that he people who have the most trouble with computers are the ones who didn't grow up with them. This is because the learning process for a computer needs to be done during childhood. It's fascinating to me how this was almost a conscious decision in the mid 70s. For the first time in history the elderly appear to be the least intelligent because of technology. If they can't work a computer they must be unintelligent. This is untrue they simply missed their window to learn it in the early stages of life.

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