And that’s how we end up with young adults entering the work force that can’t
type
navigate the web safely
save something to a specified directory
transfer a file
maintain backups
recognize suspisous websites/news/ads
navigate the constantly changing Microsoft UIs
troubleshoot anything as simple as turning on the computer screen
The world is different than it was 30 years ago, if we don’t prepare them for the internet age, then they will fail.
I do agree, physical books and learning off-screen is very important. Letting kids use the open web all day is not helpful, but bring them the computer lab to teach them the productive uses of a computer.
Except the school prepares the children with none of that in its current state. Those chromebooks are incredibly locked to the point of being practically useless beyond searching stuff on google. We have still have textbooks at my school but most people prefer the pdf version. Most of the kids at my school are incredibly tech illiterate to the point of not knowing how the filesystem works. Most of them have used mobile devices as their primary computers and use laptops just as a glorified browser.
I don’t think any of this is actually a problem–meaning I don’t agree that it is true, not that it wouldn’t be a problem if it were true–except Microsoft’s criminal UI changes and perpetual rebranding of the same old garbage.
And that’s how we end up with young adults entering the work force that can’t
The world is different than it was 30 years ago, if we don’t prepare them for the internet age, then they will fail.
I do agree, physical books and learning off-screen is very important. Letting kids use the open web all day is not helpful, but bring them the computer lab to teach them the productive uses of a computer.
Except the school prepares the children with none of that in its current state. Those chromebooks are incredibly locked to the point of being practically useless beyond searching stuff on google. We have still have textbooks at my school but most people prefer the pdf version. Most of the kids at my school are incredibly tech illiterate to the point of not knowing how the filesystem works. Most of them have used mobile devices as their primary computers and use laptops just as a glorified browser.
I don’t think any of this is actually a problem–meaning I don’t agree that it is true, not that it wouldn’t be a problem if it were true–except Microsoft’s criminal UI changes and perpetual rebranding of the same old garbage.