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Growing up computer-literate
Computing comes naturally to two brothers who help their mom and each other share ideas and interests on the Web. By Heather Clopton SCR*TEC Technology is becoming increasingly important because students and teachers are all going to need to learn how to use computers. They're going to need to feel comfortable with them because over the next decade or so computers are going to become more and more important to people. And everyone's going to need to know how to use computers pretty well. Otherwise, they won't be able to do their jobs as well or get their work in on time.--Brennan It makes me feel good to share information with other people.--Tristan |
 rennan, who is entering
ninth grade this fall, and Tristan, his ten-year-old brother, do not fit the computer nerd
profile. They do not spend all of their free time in front of a browser, and they have wide
and varied interests. While they are not Internet-obsessed, they do use the Web to
share what they're excited about with others. |
 rowing up with computers
in the house and with parents who know how
to use them has certainly influenced these brothers and their levels of
skill and comfort with technology. It has become second nature to them, and
Brennan and Tristan don't seem terribly impressed with what they've
accomplished on the Web. But I was, so I asked for an interview.I spoke with the boys over the phone one morning, one at a time. We discussed their Web pages--Brennan has put up a page on science fiction and physics and Tristan has done a page on spiders--their working relationship, and their work at school. For Brennan and Tristan, learning how to use computers and the Web was as natural as learning how to walk. |
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Interview with Brennan Interview with Tristan |
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