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TXLF: TexOS teaching open source

TXLF: TexOS teaching open source

Posted Aug 9, 2012 10:28 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (guest, #307)
Parent article: TXLF: TexOS teaching open source

This seemed just silly to me:

> About the curriculum, Beck said that it is a common misconception that schoolchildren of today are "digital natives" (meaning that they have been using technology practically since birth, and have no problems adopting it). While that might have been true ten years ago, he said he has found the kids of today function more like "digital zombies" instead: taking technology for granted, taking no interest in how it works, and not knowing what to do when flipping the "on" switch fails. Thus it is important to teach kids about the technology under the hood, hopefully encouraging them to start hacking on their own.

It is like saying GenX's are "TV natives" or baby boomers are "car natives" when in reality mostly we are "TV zombies" or "car zombies"...


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