Everyone--students included--uses the internet in some form daily.
Nobody is required to learn anything about digital technologies, the internet, or even typing.
Curriculum adjustment
What is the Internet? It's not the World Wide Web. That's different. What is the best way to use email? What's a URL? How can you create and maintain a website? What are some good ways to use cloud storage to maximize your workflow?
The basics of reading & writing; ability to use Math to calculate tips and change; the concepts of taxes, investing, and savings; Careers & Civics studies; physical fitness and health; all of these should be mandatory studies. They apply to everyone equally.
Today, we can add graphic design--the basics of "reading & writing" online; social media strategies; cybersecurity; and Digital Citizenship.
Every student in our province must demonstrate mastery of the art that is English Literature: Shakespeare, poetry, drama. Yet, these academic pursuits realistically apply to only a small minority of the population. The rage is all STEM now, but nobody can really explain the practical reasons a future HVAC technician must learn advanced Biology, Algebra, and Photography. How many students will actually be adept at or willing to routinely hone their coding skills or create apps?
Specific skills such as Fine Art, Coding, Engineering, Drama--these are a perfect fit for individual students that have both an aptitude and desire to learn them. But, to a future plumber, they are a forced means to waste time and encourage immature classroom behaviour.
It's time to remove specific creative skills from the mandatory list and add using the internet and its variety of different forms.