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>I think you're right in a way because if school wants to prepare kids for work, then they'll have to get competent with tech. They are failing spectacularly o
by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>I think you're right in a way because if school wants to prepare kids for work, then they'll have to get competent with tech.
They are failing spectacularly on that front anyways. You don't learn useful skills by being handed a remotely administered tablet or Chromebook, which is what schools provide.
- threetonesun 1y agoGrowing up we had computer class in school, where we did BASIC programming and worked on typing, and this wasn't a particularly good school system. Moving towards "you'll learn computers and typing by having them in your face all the time" feels like a considerable regression in both computer and general skills.
- zx90 1y agoI saw this in the Netherlands: Chromebooks with which the children did their research online, submitted their homework online, got them graded online, organized their workgroups, schedules and meetings online ... Actually </s> they were learnig vital skills like Agile Sprint management! (I don't know if they ever physically met for standup meeetings)