On 5/27/2013 6:43 PM, whiterabbit32@gmail.com wrote:
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> iOS not intuitive? Watch any toddler and you'll see that they can use an
> iPad quicker than anything you give them. It's the older folks that
> either have the mind set they don't want to learn to use an iPad that
> try and get confused or, like my Dad, are afraid of breaking it by
> touching the wrong thing that has trouble learning how to use it.
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But by the same token, if you put them in front of a Windows8 computer,
they'll also make great progress.
Or an android phone or anything electronic -- they're simply not afraid
to try things and see what they do.
It's not just iOS which is intuitive that way -- all electronics are.
However, I will point out that this may be a skewed perspective. Most
toddlers have seen their parents using such devices, and they learn very
quickly by imitation.
Has anybody tested toddlers who live in homes with no electronics, say
an Amish or Mennonite home, or simply an "off-the-grid"
"back-to-the-land" sort of family who have home-schooled their children
and don't have a TV or a telephone?
I wonder if any of these devices would be "intuitive" to such youngsters.
It would certainly test whether they are truly intuitive or are
mock-intuitive, by which I mean that many people use the term
"intuitive" to mean simply "I learned it somehow in my past but I can't
recall at all when or where or how I learned it." This is the use of
"intuitive" that applies to toddlers when given iPads. Usually they
have watched their parents use electronic devices already and have
learned some basics without being taught, simply by watching.
Truly intuitive would mean that someone who has had no experience at all
with the device or with any other devices at all can pick it up and
start doing things properly with it.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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