My wife, who hates computers, bought her a 10" Tablet (Apple I-Pad I think) to take on a bus tour to South Dakota. She just spent 4 hours with our 13 yr. old grand daughter learning to use hers. Our school district here issued tablets to all students last year and almost all their work is done on the Tablet. Homework, book reports, math tests, you name it.
Now our GD is an expert on the thing.
Goodness things have changes since I was 13.