On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 16:13 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 11:18 -0700, Les wrote: > > Agreed, but when schools are dropping laptop support because they say > > it "impeded education", how on earth can we get people educated about > > what the computer can and cannot do, and how to use it appropriately. > > Hmmm, I'm not surprised. Even when computers are in a good state, you > can spend far too much time setting up to do what you want, compared to > actually doing it. Then there's the usual sorry state of PCs in schools > with staff that are technically illiterate. > > I've spent many years working in school, and to be honest, I think we're > much better off with less computers, not more. People skills are more > important, and they're shocking, these days. I wuz trying to teach my 75 year old Uncle how EASY it was to just intuit stuff as you go. Showing him firefox and how to google, I wanted him to enter the google search box and click to focus. OK, move up the page with the pointer... he lifts the mouse straight up off of the mouse pad. <sigh> Some fail to teach correctly, Some never get it. I tend to take the blame on this one, but I didn't anticipate THAT move!! <cackles> Ric --
