[ExI] Gifted children

[Sondre Bjellås]

Robot Odyssey looks awesome, have a look at this newspaper clip from 1984
with the Atari MindLink System... have we improved since then?
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&dq=robot+odyssey&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bKAgT_3xJu-WiQfszdXaBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=robot%20odyssey&f=false

I'm going to see if I can develop a simple game similar to this that uses
robots and logic. Thanks for the replies everyone :-)


- Sondre


On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Sondre Bjellås <sondre-list at bjellas.com>
> wrote:
> > We live in Norway and our daughter is still only 19+ months old, but
> we've
> > already started thinking about what we can do for her in regards to
> > schooling. Here in Norway, there are virtually no private alternatives
> other
> > than religious schools. The public schools are some of the worst in the
> > world and Norwegians score poorly in global tests.
>
> Worst in Europe, maybe.  "Worst in the world" means you're
> comparing to countries which have virtually no public schooling,
> and/or outlaw girls going to school.  It seems highly unlikely
> that Norway's schools would be nearly that bad.
>
> > Which country would be a good alternative where one would be able to get
> a
> > visa, permanent residency?
>
> I echo Bill's statement that you should seriously look at
> schools within Norway first.
>
> That said, if you're serious about changing countries - which
> suggests you have reasons other than just education - schools
> in parts of the US are really good.  Be careful which part you
> choose, but for instance, the public primary education in Palo
> Alto, California ranks among the best in the world (though
> schools in certain other parts of California, not so much) - and
> the area is generally welcoming to transhumanist mindsets.
>
> > Our daughter on the other hand, is showing incredible skills even at 19
> > months.
>
> Be careful.  Lots of parents think their children perform far, far
> beyond the level they actually perform at.  It is a natural
> cognitive bias - but it is still a bias.
>
> > She have been using the iPad since she was 3 months old, for watching
> > movies. Now she plays a lot of games, and whenever she comes across any
> > device, she'll unlock it in a second and find her favorite apps and
> games.
>
> Try getting her interested in math and logic games.  Not the
> typical "do a puzzle to get some flashy unrelated reward", but
> games where the puzzle to solve is actually related to advancing
> things.  Things like these, though they may be too advanced
> just now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey#Similar_games
>
> http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7221/on-sets may be
> better at her age.
>
> > The norm here in Norway is to put kids
> > in kinder-garden at 1 year of age, we felt that was to early and we
> thought
> > we could do better ourselves.
>
> Kindergarten in the US starts at 5.  See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States
>
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