One quote I thought was interesting from the movie we watched in class was when one mother exclaimed, "It's like kids these days are pre-programmed with knowledge of how to work electronics from birth!"
I've grown up with all this modern technology around me; I had a computer class in elementary school where we learned basic skills and typing practice. It's just the way the world is, I haven't known anything different.
But it's interesting to look at older people, like say my parents, who have not had nearly as much practice (or engulfment) in technology, and notice how little they understand about computers. Even though I may not know how to do some task on a computer, I can mess around for a few minutes and normally figure it out. My parents do not have the slightest clue where to even begin. I remember once watching my mom clicking on random words on a website, not knowing the difference between which ones have active hyper-links and which ones are simple HTML text.
We really are immersed in a world so electronically driven with technology that didn't even exist just a short while ago, that it's hard to tell even amongst ourselves how it is changing the way we do life.
I've grown up with all this modern technology around me; I had a computer class in elementary school where we learned basic skills and typing practice. It's just the way the world is, I haven't known anything different.
But it's interesting to look at older people, like say my parents, who have not had nearly as much practice (or engulfment) in technology, and notice how little they understand about computers. Even though I may not know how to do some task on a computer, I can mess around for a few minutes and normally figure it out. My parents do not have the slightest clue where to even begin. I remember once watching my mom clicking on random words on a website, not knowing the difference between which ones have active hyper-links and which ones are simple HTML text.
We really are immersed in a world so electronically driven with technology that didn't even exist just a short while ago, that it's hard to tell even amongst ourselves how it is changing the way we do life.
You made me laugh, telling me about your mom clicking on random words.
ReplyDeleteImagine this.... I had to teach my 85-year-old father how to use a mouse, and he never really got the hang of it until I bought him a trackball. That, he could use!