Short interview with my friend who spent some time supervising boston kids who were using computers:
impossible to get them to do anything constructive
just wanted to play games
cartoonnetwork.com
had to ask counselors to type in cartoonnetwork.com
tried to make them do other applications... sometimes it works, they weren't that interested.
when they get older, some would get really interested in word processing, thought it was really cool to type shit. no idea how to change the font or do whatever. single paragraph takes them a whole day.
want to print it
love printing pictures. into pictures more than text.
when they type something it looks more grown up.