As a student of the digital age, I find myself struggling with this problem myself. Most students now have grown up with access to technology both at home and in the classroom. However, how this technology has been implemented varies widely across schools. This article addresses how common it is for the modern student to know how to use sites such as Instagram or Tiktok, but are unfamiliar with how to use Microsoft Excel effectively.

The article also succeeds in discussing how students can have such a variance in their abilities to use educational technology. Different social groups are more or less likely to have access to these programs, or have time to play and learn them early on. Then later on in a student’s academic career, if they are not proficient at these programs then they may treated as remedial and not have the same motivation to continue to learn about it. The issue stems from a lack of equity across education, and this article elaborates on this and more.