> 5. "Tried" is not a valid metrics for success here.
A key insight. Feels like the usual human confusion over activity and output. Activity metrics bias for participation / attention at the top end of the funnel, whereas Output metrics assess the end: the quality & quantity of production. The first is visible, immediate, plays to human bias, whereas the second is much farther off and usually less interesting to the general public.
Applied to kid coding, adults like seeing many kids doing work socially, whereas the few kids who stick with it aim for genuine, even selfish, creation.
It's not a bad initiative, just one that seems to cater mostly to the ideals of the teachers and the parents.
A key insight. Feels like the usual human confusion over activity and output. Activity metrics bias for participation / attention at the top end of the funnel, whereas Output metrics assess the end: the quality & quantity of production. The first is visible, immediate, plays to human bias, whereas the second is much farther off and usually less interesting to the general public.
Applied to kid coding, adults like seeing many kids doing work socially, whereas the few kids who stick with it aim for genuine, even selfish, creation.
It's not a bad initiative, just one that seems to cater mostly to the ideals of the teachers and the parents.