Ask HN: Tech Literacy Course Topics

[rustybucketz30]

I am exploring making a "tech literacy" course for children, that is "career-hopeful" agnostic. Age isn't as relevant as inexperience with computers is but for simplicity's sake you could aim for a 12yo child who has taken a typing class.

I have lots of ideas but don't want to predispose anyone to topics, rather get their raw opinions on what might be covered. Feel free to share anything from just a single topic (i.e. encryption) to an itemized list.

[djaouen]

1. Install Linux Mint. 2. Try to do everything (yes, even web browsing) through the terminal. (You can go back to browsing in a non-terminal browser later). 3. Read Kernighan and Pike's "The Unix Programming Environment". 4. Mess around with neovim/emacs. 5. You will now have an understanding of Linux as a user. Where you go from here is up to you!