When I was younger, the Internet was primarily a text based medium. Images and videos existed, but mainly to illustrate text.
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t able to read, so I wonder: do illiterate people now just watch videos on the Internet? Unthinkable 20 years ago that the Internet would be usable without being able to read.
Remember… for most young people now, the internet isn’t even something you access through a browser - it’s a series of apps, some of which have replaced the majority of text with icons to avoid multi-language headaches.
I occasionally read debates at what age children should get smartphones or other devices. While I don’t have children yet nor plans to have any, I think my attitude would be: when they’re able to read and write and occasionally unsupervised, they get a GNU/Linux smartphone, with Plasma Mobile or similar, so they can use the Internet through a web browser and get used to that being normal.
They get an Android phone in their teen years when they need it for banking apps or similar.
“Video is the future. If it’s not on youtube, people don’t care.”
Reaping what the internet has been sowing for the past decade.
When I was younger, the Internet was primarily a text based medium. Images and videos existed, but mainly to illustrate text.
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t able to read, so I wonder: do illiterate people now just watch videos on the Internet? Unthinkable 20 years ago that the Internet would be usable without being able to read.
It sure seems that way.
Remember… for most young people now, the internet isn’t even something you access through a browser - it’s a series of apps, some of which have replaced the majority of text with icons to avoid multi-language headaches.
I see.
I occasionally read debates at what age children should get smartphones or other devices. While I don’t have children yet nor plans to have any, I think my attitude would be: when they’re able to read and write and occasionally unsupervised, they get a GNU/Linux smartphone, with Plasma Mobile or similar, so they can use the Internet through a web browser and get used to that being normal.
They get an Android phone in their teen years when they need it for banking apps or similar.
There actually are a lot of good educational resources on Youtube right now. I feel like they probably aren’t among the popular channels.
That may be, but even the best possible educational youtube channels are not a replacement for literacy.