JacobIts interesting how the older generations will ask why the younger generations have declining computer literacy when they are literally the ones who raised them, built the tech, bought it for them, and trained them.
David Bailey@snoozy At my rural school, we were taught the basics of a computers, including the internals (RAM, CPU, North and South bridges, IO, etc), OS components (the difference between a WIMP and a cursor), and how to use a spreadsheet program correctly. Our class was on the internet before the Web even existed.
I don’t think any of that is taught these days. Kids are just expected to know it intuitively.
@snoozy The BBC needs to bring back its computer literacy courses. The number of younger adults who don’t know they should to put data into a table in Excel is shocking. 📊🧑💻
@DBailey635 Oh, interesting, my ICT class circa 2009 didn't even go into computer components. There was a big focus on MS office training though. Preparing us for the world of data entry no doubt! You're right though, there probably should be some publicly accessible, community classes for these things.