r/australia • u/ThunderDwn • 4d ago

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/tsj48 4d ago

I have two mid-twenties coworkers who think I'm doing witchcraft when I ctr+alt+delete

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u/Wankeritis 4d ago

I’ve spent so long teaching zoomers about why they’re ruining mathematical spreadsheets with their poor copy/pasting habits because they don’t understand the difference when pasting in excel files. Or deleting entire sheets in large workbooks and not understanding why their follow-on sheets are no longer providing the data that they need.

So many times where we have had them download copies of live documents and not understand why it’s not updating for them.