Reminds me of something I read a while ago on Reddit that seemed like a great way to introduce younger kids to programming:
http://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comm..._grade/c7xz4pg
More on topic, the closest my K-12 school ever got to a "technology" class was teaching touch-typing in middle school, and the use of MS Word to type up class papers. I already knew how to do those things, so naturally I spent those classes playing Quake and/or Oregon Trail instead. Granted, this was in the '90s, but I'm sure they could have fit in more actual technology classes instead of forcing me to take 2000000000 P.E. credits. Learning about technology is actually relevant to the real world. Learning that male P.E. teachers will let you sit out on dodgeball days if you tell then you have cramps is not.
