Alan Kay on "Why does computer-based teaching fail?"

Just like piano, his language "SmurfTalk" has turned a whole lot of people away from computing

Learning by example often works. Monkey see, monkey do. Computers can allow people to do that. I learnt how to use adobe flash with ultradev videos online with no human tutor to help. With computers you can learn over almost any medium and of course some are better than others. The piano is one instrument alone, whereas a computer transforms into many tools and instruments. If he had said "all stringed intruments" instead of a piano, then it maybe a good analogy, yet it would disprove his point.

Exactly right. The piano is a good analogy to start thinking about technology limitations.

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