After going through the article, it seems that the real problem is not the computers are too easy/too hard, but that the students using them lack the ability to think abstractly. They will know how to follow the "cookbook" directions to upload a text file to the university website, but they are lost when it comes to uploading an image, or when they are asked to use the UNIX boxes at the computer center instead of their Windows boxes at home.
It may sound like a mean and cynical thing to say, but perhaps it's become a little bit too easy to get into a college in this country. I'll go even furthur to say that anyone who cannot think abstractly and refuses to expand his or her mind-view and learn new things has no business being in a college and should perhaps pursue a career in a field that does not require judgement or critical thought. Sadly, those jobs are disappearing.
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After going through the article, it seems that the real problem is not the computers are too easy/too hard, but that the students using them lack the ability to think abstractly. They will know how to follow the "cookbook" directions to upload a text file to the university website, but they are lost when it comes to uploading an image, or when they are asked to use the UNIX boxes at the computer center instead of their Windows boxes at home.
It may sound like a mean and cynical thing to say, but perhaps it's become a little bit too easy to get into a college in this country. I'll go even furthur to say that anyone who cannot think abstractly and refuses to expand his or her mind-view and learn new things has no business being in a college and should perhaps pursue a career in a field that does not require judgement or critical thought. Sadly, those jobs are disappearing.