Other thoughts; I was reading my latest edition of Wired magazine the other day and I was somewhat in awe of all of the “new stuff” that they reported on. But I always am. I love to read about it! I don’t covet all of it anymore, (Did I ever?) but I enjoy filling my head with the latest technology news. And then, last night at Bible study, Darlene, who is 81 years old, made the comment that she loved to learn! She said she looks forward to each day because she knows she will learn something, but that she was afraid that she wasn’t going to learn enough before she died. What’s enough? I don’t know and I don’t think she knows either, but she knows what she likes!
And after I read Wired, I picked up a copy of Smart Computing magazine. And as I read the technical tips and problem solving columns I was struck by the fact that so many of the questions were the same ones I might have asked (and I’m sure I did) ten or 12 years ago. Apparently, the general public hasn’t learned much about computers during the past decade.
Why not? School administrators would be the ½ of the correct answer. They are not willing to invest in any additional resources and they aren’t insisting that teachers have a minimum knowledge of computer basics. That and the fact that parent’s don’t understand that computer knowledge is valuable and should be taught at the same level of importance as reading, writing and arithmetic.
Hmmm? Can you learn all about computers by osmosis? Perhaps by playing solitaire and staying very close to the screen of the monitor?
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