khebbie/What kids should know about computers.md

## What kids should know about computers.md

      
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    I would consider using a Raspberry PI for this since it is created for this very purpose
What is a computer?


CPU
RAM
Harddisk

What is an operating system?


What can a computer do without an os?
What is a filesystem?
What is a computer program? I would use "Hello World - computer programming for kids and other beginners"  and maybe scratch from mit
Virus
Security

Networking and the internet


Home networking
Servers and computers (clients)
Privacy
homepages
Searching

Can you trust everyone and everything you read on the internet?


What makes a good security question and what doesn't.
What is a pseudonym (eg. nickname for kids) and why do we need them to deprofile ourselves from prying eyes, instead of using our real name online.
Why updates in general are good and should not be avoided.
Why Facebook can be used to track people's locations and relations with other people

Can you just write anything on the internet?


It is so easy to write something on the internet in a chat or elsewhere - but there are real people in the other end of the wire and they might get hurt

Keyboard shortcuts

No word processing and spread sheet!
Good resources

coderdojo.com wiki

coderdojo.com