I lately read a text about generation conflicts that distinguished between the Gutenberg generation, which optained all of its knowledge from books and the digital generation receiving all their knowledge from multimedia. My generation, which started out learning with books and then got to know multimedia in their teenage years, is probably in-between:
Here is a little anecdote, which shows that this is somehow true.
The other day, one of my professors asked me, if I could set up the beamer and the power point for her at the beginning of the class. While I did that, she told me apologinzingly: "I'm still of the old generation, where we didn't get to know the technology in school. My daughter, who is in 6th grade, - for her it's normal to give a power point presentation." Then she asked, if we had that in my school as well.
I told her that the first time somebody im school wanted to use Power Point was in 11th grade, and that was a big shock for the teachers because they didn't know how to set it up either. I think, when I was in 6th grade, there were no computers in our school to use that technology and the first time I used Power Point, was in my 6th semester of university. So, I had to be learning by doing.
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I still remember elementary school. There was this new device which was completely new and supposed to project pictures on the wall called OHP.
I was 36 when I first entered university as a student and had so far send a couple of mails.
The first power point presentaion was a memorable experience I tell as a little anekdote on parties. My presentatios have improved and I also managed necessary computer skills for university purposes.
My mother is past seventy and has moved most of her business on the computer and I admire her for that.
When I entered her office last week I noticed three types of mice next to her computer. When I asked her for the rason she told me that all mice move too quickley on the sceen for her eyes. She was really happy when I demonstraded the use of that little indented box below the keys which made her actually use a finger to move the arrow.
Learning is a challenge in life no matter at what stage.
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