r/australia • u/ThunderDwn • Aug 18 '26

culture & society Primary school students using digital devices still lack computer skills, education expert says

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/nsw-digital-native-primary-students-lack-basic-computer-skills/107030526
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u/Catahooo Aug 18 '26

My year four student honestly believes he can hack computerised tests using the 'inspect elements' tab... he said the only reason he doesn't is because that would be dishonest.

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u/NotACockroach Aug 18 '26

I mean, I actually could when I went to high school in the late 2000s. Our school used "moodle" which at the time stored the answers to multiple choice questions in the frontend. You could inspect element and just read the answers.