NOTES FROM THE BUNKER OF A 21ST CENTURY LUDDITE MRS SMITH
I am 100% sure that many students found the abrupt switch from face-to-face learning to sitting in front of a screen for all their education, an enormous challenge. Some clearly found it impossible to upload assignments for example, or to click on ‘like’ when asked. I get it, I really do! But just imagine how it felt for your grandma. Because unless you have a technowhizz for a grandma, she may only have had two apps on her phone – a pedometer to count her steps and the Marks and Spencers’ app so
she could buy her new nighties online, without having to look for her debit card every time (and she couldn’t read the number anyway without her reading glasses). Now - imagine Grandma has been a teacher for over 30 years. She teaches in the same classroom every lesson. On her desk, she has a special tray with everything she needs in it. It has taken her a few years but she knows how to use the remote to switch on the projector (albeit she calls it a ‘presser’), and on a good day 32
