[Elecraft] Suggestions for Introducing a 10-year-old to Amateur Radio and Electronics

[David Shoaf]

I'm with Fred.  I gave both of my grandsons a  Kano and they have just love
them <https://kano.me/>  .  This is, essentially, a  Raspberry Pi with a
custom-built Linux operating system <https://www.raspberrypi.org/>  .  

They've learned Scratch, a procedural-type of programming language that uses
building blocks to create the procedures.  They've also learned how to use
programming to make things go faster when playing  Minecraft
<https://minecraft.net/en-us/>  .  

The kids don't know they're learning process, procedure and logic but they
do.  When they're introduced to more formal programming, however, they'll be
well up the learning curve.  This is the introduction to the Maker movement
for them.  They've since been to a robot summer camp and they ate that up,
too.

Why do I suggest this first rather than take them up to a mountain top and
send morse code with them?  Its the hook.  Once they see how we merge
computers and the digital modes, I'm expecting the grandsons to have a
better sense of what I'm doing.  They see me doing things with a Raspberry
Pi and an Arduino with ham radio.  That's the bridge.

It is all about pulling them along, folks.

Cheers,

David/KG6IRW



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