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> a generation that is struggling to use any tool that is not a touchscreen This is exactly what I (and some colleagues) observe in academia, we now have first
by fho 5y ago
> a generation that is struggling to use any tool that is not a touchscreen
This is exactly what I (and some colleagues) observe in academia, we now have first semesters that have grown up with smartphones and tablets but have never used "a computer" before.
That leads to some awkward conversations:
- "can you send me your file?"
student: "but I only have that in word?"
- "yes ... can you send it to me?" ... "
student: "but I only have that in word!"
- "... ?"
My prediction / fear is that this will only get worse over time as we have not hit the first generations that have been born after widespread touchscreen adoption yet.
- dariusj18 5y agoThis is not new. It is the same for any computer illiterate person even before this supposed dumbing down.
- kfajdsl 5y agoYou can already see this in younger kids who haven't touched a proper computer but use a tablet or phone every day. Though, I think most will be fine as they grow older, with PC gaming and school at least. Speaking of school, I'm in the age group you mention, and I'm baffled how those people have managed to get to University without knowing the concept of a file. Almost every paper I've written since the beginning of high school has been turned in as a PDF in Turnitin or Google Classroom.