I’ve been surprised at how hands-on disassembly makes my daughter understand computers better. The fact that she can pull out the memory or SDD, or point to the giant battery, or ask what’s under the fan seems to have made her much more curious and interested in learning about computers.
Has anyone else had a teaching moment through being able to open up their laptop easily?
We brought a bunch of old (but still working) computer parts to a Scout meeting, took one machine apart as a demonstration, then let them loose on the pile of hardware to see how many working computers they could build.
What a cool challenge! I love that you coupled teaching with real potential for a (competency-based) success story outcome for them.