They see it as one big bucket and all the contents are in that bucket.
Giant Bucket
Many professors have observed a disturbing trend in their students over the last few years. The Verge reports that Gen Z members, even those in technical science fields, have a complete misunderstanding of computer storage. Many fail to understand the concept of digital files and directories.
The laundry basket is the most intuitive, Joshua Drossman, a Princeton University senior, told The Verge.
Treasure Hunting
According to The Verge, while physical filing cabinets might have played a role in the decline of their importance, the real culprit is the rise of search engines. The younger generations grew up in a world where any website, folder or file could be found easily by simply typing keywords or a part of the title into Google. According to academics, this realization has led them to teach computer basics to their students in addition their technical fields.
Growing up, you had to keep a file. You had to save it. And you had the right to find it. According to Saavik Ford, a Borough of Manhattan Community College astronomy professor, there was no search function. There is no notion that files are stored in a specific place. They search for it, and then bring it up.
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It's almost as if students had a laundry bag full of laundry Ford added and a robot that will fetch all the clothing they need on their behalf.
According to academics, this realization has led them to teach computer basics to their students in addition their technical fields.
Ford stated that these are intelligent children. They are doing astrophysics. They get stuff. They were not getting it.
READ MORE: Search engines may change the STEM education of students who grew up in search engines [The Verge]
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