#25: Kid's Can't Compute - And That's A Problem

    Mike Elgan, author of "Kids Can't Compute - And That's A Problem," says that kids are not as "tech savvy" as older people. He says that as more young people enter the workforce they know less about computers and the Internet. The "tech savvy" generation ranges between the ages 25-55, Elgan states. The older generation knows about the basic facts of computers, while the younger generation does not have the knowledge, awareness or skill about computers today. The younger generation understands and focuses on applications that the older generation has never heard of. Younger generations turn to an app or Internet-based service to fix any problems. Elgan says that "this is just a cause-and-effect reality. The cause is that computers are now super-easy to use and getting easier all the time. The effect is that newer computers don't require skills or knowledge about how computers and networks function." The article ends by suggesting a solution and that solution is to help the younger generation become educated on the basic skills of computers.
    Mike Elgan has a great point to his article. I defiantly agree that they younger generation, which includes me, does not know the basic skills of computers. I have no idea how to build a PC or troubleshoot networking issues, much less build a complex Web site. My generation has been handed the easy way around the basics of computers. We have everything we need to look up something literally at our finger prints. I think that the more technology grows the harder it is going to be to educate kids on the proper skills of computers. Educating the younger generation is a good solution, but I think if it is not implemented in the right way now then it will never fix the problem of the younger generation and their knowledge about computers and the Internet.