Why Is Coding The New Literacy For Your Child?

Does your child spend too much time in front of computers/tablets?

For a child, magazines are simply an iPad that does not work! The digital media is becoming ubiquitous, often times even more accessible than traditional books. For tweens and teens, with smartphones on their fingertips, they access information readily and receive entertainment right away. Everyday they discover new videos, new memes, new apps to play with and share with friends. Most of them born after Google was invented (in 1998), they are sometimes called Digital Natives.

The dichotomy between Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives

As adults, we are the Digital Immigrants; born before the Internet era, we are merely immigrating into this evolved world. Some of us may have fond memories of dial-up 56kp internet, recalling by heart our best friends’ landline home phone numbers and the ICQ echo alert sound. Looking at the Digital Natives, we often find it disconcerting about children’s excessive usage and dependence on technology, at home or at school. The same as what we observe in our classrooms – whenever we have “no laptop time”, students act as if we are taking their dear lives away.