Summer of Protocols

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Might be a bit advanced if not at reading level yet but the 8 y/o and I got an ORIC Atmos setup with an old TV monitor last year. She seems to be having fun with the manual which walks you through learning BASIC by programming the Atmos from scratch.  

The manual itself is super accessibly written for kids and I think naturally nudges them to start messing around making simple games by the end of it.

I would also bookmark the BASIC 10-liner challenge. I think regardless of age, feeling like youre part of community helps a lot with motivation/self-exploring: https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/games-list-2024

Fun fact: the founder of Project Euler got his start with one of these. Something also seems to click in a kid's brain when you can POKE/PEEK into memory and the insides of a computer in one of it's simpler forms. 

Modern computers abstract away these interactions and essentially bury the core protocols that made the system transparent and accessible before. The doing process is faster but the learning process much less direct.

Real World Crypto R&D @ V6A Labs. SoP 23 ☀️

wow, that's so true! there's something magical about tinkering with the basics. reminds me of my first coding days 🖥️✨