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My sister is an English teacher and she says giving kids chromebooks instead of making them use a pen and paper and research shit the old way was a massive mistake. At first I thought she's just being old but she gave me some pretty convincing arguments. Seems like it's really messing with their ability to learn and retain info. And with easy access to AI it's gotten even worse
The really "cool" thing about the Chromebooks is that it isn't even teaching them how to use a real computer as a byproduct, because ChromeOS abstracts away and hides all the actual workings of the computer.
also, Google says it helps “get that loyalty early, and potentially for life”:
Never even considered that but you're right. Wtf else uses chrome OS
The user doesn't even get to see the real filesystem.
there's probably an importance of learning how to use traditional methods before using the technology that is revolutionizing processes. especially, when the technology is not democratically controlled.
certainly, professional researchers start with electronic, indexed archives because that's fast and easy. but any sort of delve into records shows how patchwork the availability of historical and even recent information can be in indexed or even digital records. and some of that migration is deeply political.
the authors i've known who have dropped some severe knowledge bombs using critical analysis have had to go to physical archives and look through actual paper media, sometimes in distant places, to find the treasure.
and that's just in the highly developed world.
another thing that's wild about digital archives is that, while they can be made available for distribution around the world.... just as easily, they can be deleted in seconds forever by a single person. for a long time before digital records, one had to shred and burn shitloads of documents to permanently destroy them.