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[–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Just wanted to say that - young people don't grok files and folders, it's hard for me to understand how they manage

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Indeed! I teach an introductory web design class for undergraduates and despite my best efforts it takes a lot of students the whole semester to figure out files and folders. If I had more time in the term, I think I'd dedicate a unit to it, just to get everyone up to speed — and I may have to do it anyway. In fairness to the kids, even Mac and Windows machines these days do a lot to minimize users' exposure to file structures in the name of usability. Meanwhile, the phones and school Chromebooks they've grown up using completely obfuscate this information.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I wish you luck with that class, and I expect the students get the other stuff - I have colleagues with masters degrees who aren't really sure how stuff works outside of the downloads folder

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Thanks! Yeah, students do pretty well in the course overall. It's for non-devs and is oriented toward exposure to different technologies rather than mastery of them — basically demystifying how web apps work.

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