Get my nephew interested in computers
Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 5:45 pm
I have tried many times in the past, but today I tried again...I introduced him to the world of HTML...
And had his interest for about 5 minutes...
For me it's impossible to understand how and why he can't be interested in computers...especially something as trivial as HTML...
By the time I was his age I was writing some pretty complicated code...and I would have killed to have someone so close in the family act as a mentor...someone to bounce ideas or questions off...
So for him to not even be interested...I dunno it bugs me
So as silly as it sounds I ask...
Anyone know of a good way to get a kid interested in HTML?
Perhaps if I could get him interested in making a web page...then he'd start using WYSIWYG editors and progress into HTML written by hand and lead into JScript, PHP, C++ and so on...
What do some people create web pages? What is the purpose?
I seriously cannot answer this question as every web page I have ever built was likely due to some kind of finanacial ROI...which is a good motivator...
He's really into gaming...so I figured making him see the light would be a snap...but obviously I was wrong
Should I try and make him create a game web site on geocities or something???
What would be the point behind such a web site??? Unless you knew you could make money off adverts, etc.???
Cheers
And had his interest for about 5 minutes...
For me it's impossible to understand how and why he can't be interested in computers...especially something as trivial as HTML...
By the time I was his age I was writing some pretty complicated code...and I would have killed to have someone so close in the family act as a mentor...someone to bounce ideas or questions off...
So for him to not even be interested...I dunno it bugs me
So as silly as it sounds I ask...
Anyone know of a good way to get a kid interested in HTML?
Perhaps if I could get him interested in making a web page...then he'd start using WYSIWYG editors and progress into HTML written by hand and lead into JScript, PHP, C++ and so on...
What do some people create web pages? What is the purpose?
I seriously cannot answer this question as every web page I have ever built was likely due to some kind of finanacial ROI...which is a good motivator...
He's really into gaming...so I figured making him see the light would be a snap...but obviously I was wrong
Should I try and make him create a game web site on geocities or something???
What would be the point behind such a web site??? Unless you knew you could make money off adverts, etc.???
Cheers