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~17 years ago when I was in high school, my senior project was teaching old folks how to use computers. It was much harder than I expected. Clicking a mouse wa
by grumple 6y ago
~17 years ago when I was in high school, my senior project was teaching old folks how to use computers.
It was much harder than I expected. Clicking a mouse was something they just didn't understand - they used their whole hand! Had to get them to use just a finger. Many other concepts were difficult to convey as well.
I think things have changed a lot since then (we have drastically better widespread tech literacy now), but it was an enlightening experience.
- macintux 6y agoI taught a computer lab at a local university a few years before that and discovered through one unhappy encounter with an angry student a key attribute that I’d failed to apprehend previously. This student wanted to know exactly what to do when he encountered an error. I showed him my thought process for how I’d work my way back to a good known state and he was enraged. Computer literacy is in no small part a willingness to experiment and be unafraid of what can happen (or at least enough basic knowledge to know how to avoid the really sharp edges that can in fact cause harm). It’s a very difficult thing to teach.