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Gabriel Lechenco
Gabriel Lechenco

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Creative Computing: Why kids should learn logical programming

In the last years, we have entered into an Artificial Intelligence and Automation Age. This future/present image has been the target of discussions and fears, since a lot of working classes will not exist anymore because of the automation of a large number of services. You can check out which jobs are more likely to disappear in Will Robots Take My Job? website.

However, if jobs will vanish we just have to create more jobs, right? The computers systems will take care of the simplest and repetitive areas, so we just have to move on to more complex and creatives one. Because, for most than the artificial intelligence evolves, it never will take our humanity for us.

But, for that happen we must prepare our children for a future where their creative and social skills will be more required than their skills for repetitive and massive tasks (that's the computer's domain). One way of doing that is to teach our kids logical programming with tools like Scratch. That way, the kids are able to solve a problem in many ways, using their logical skills in a ludic and funny exercise.

This strategy, together with others, can be able to prepare them for a future where these skills will be necessary. If you have another point of view or solution, please make a comment in the space below.

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