Students Can't Type

[@nyny]

It's a very difficult problem to solve. Even experts have difficulty with online forms cause most of them are terrible UX. I think the best chance is to find the local tech hoarder and keep their contact info nearby, that will give you a +10 keyboard & cables bonus. Then in individual cases you might be able to pull together some basic raspberry pi systems.. for the students who are uniquely passionate and thirsty for knowledge. Otherwise, it would take changing systems in a way to disrupt the cycles which requires people to care, and that is an enormous effort.

[@samivayajd]

Not to mention, the predatory practice of selling tech products to those who remain ignorant.

[@John_Weiss]

I was _in high school_ when our school got a computer lab … with the original Macs.

[@samivayajd]

@@John_Weiss on Hopi the high school was Mac based but I never really used the translucent color ones that were on campus. The computer class I had, used Dell Windows desktops.

[@John_Weiss]

@@samivayajd Dude, when I say, "original Macs," I mean _the ones made in 1984._
Remember, I'm a creaky old Gen-X gay! 😆

[@samivayajd]

@@John_Weiss Oh yes, I knew that lol. One of my cousins had an old mac with the rainbow logo on the monitor. Idk how or why they got it because LAN internet was non-existent on our rez.

[@katelyns]

I don't think this is necessarily true. Especially for typing. Now I was born in 2004, so i left school still pretty recently, but a lot of these things were still implemented. Granted, I don't know how gen alpha is being teached, especially during covid. But in 4th grade and other grades, I had a computer teacher. We mostly did typing stuff, where we were taught how to type properly, and typing games helped. I also remember having a computer based class in middle school, which was daily and it was a required class for either 7th or 8th grade, i dont remember. Now we did do some typing, but we also did a lot of internet safety, learning/using canvas, learning how to prepare for high school and how to choose your electives and stuff, and more. Now im guessing we also did a lot of that in elementary school, but i have a terrible memory, i mean its been nearly 10 years since ive been in elementary now. but computer stuff is most definitely taught, and i think its taught even better than it used to be, especially with the internet safety. Until schools start getting rid of computer labs, we wont have a problem. I'm only worried for the super young kids that are like 5-7, bc now its necessary for them to know how to use computers due to covid.
sorry this is super long, but i think the common misconception is that these things arent in place, when they still are, and might even be taught better now.

[@samivayajd]

@@katelyns depends on education funding in your community. I work at a Title 1 campus, most students really only have personal computer access on campus. Although we have windows desktops, students really only use Chrome OS, which is essentially a glorified tablet with a keyboard.
The concept of coding is taught, but no common sense learning about computer care, personal data, or networking.
Students only learn skills in which they can use to beat security systems to access content otherwise blocked by firewall or web filters. But I don't believe they make the connection in applied security infrastructure and how they are able to work around it.
STEM is applied programming and building, but the computing aspect isn't taught well enough to convey building blocks VS infrastructure.
And with AI software, this will continue to lead them down the road of having no foundation to applied skills with computers. We can teach coding all day, but it's meaningless if they don't understand the overall systems and hardware.