Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Digital Natives Quiz
I was really surprised while taking this quiz. I actually expected myself to be much more of a digital native than I was. I was able to define maybe three of the words, but the rest I couldn't even begin to tell you what they were. I knew the words like Instant Message and Blog, because those are things that became popular while I was in highschool, so they are somewhat something of my era. I have heard of the word Wiki before, but was unfamiliar with the actual definition of it. I wouldn't consider myself a digital immigrant, because I don't struggle to use new technology. I understand the basic concepts of most technology, and am pretty computer literate. The age that we live in, and have lived in for a while now is one based on technology.
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This is a good start- to really connect with what we are learning, remember to try and link your posts to course content and readings.
I too was surprised at what I did and did not know about literacy. Unlike you I knew more than I thought. However, many of the terms I knew I learned about last semester in Prof. Okolo's CEP class when her TA taught for two days.
I agree with you in that technology has changed greatly since when we were in middle school and high school. For me, I think that the constant positive experiences with technology has helped me to feel confident enough to try new technologies. Going on what Olivia said, Ira was the first time I have really talked about technology since middle school/high school and made me realize that what I thought I knew is so small compared to what is available for us to use.
I do not think that many people in our class our digital immigrants because technology has been integrated into our lives since day one (usually). We are use to new technologies popping up and we are use to using them because now a days everyone one wants the newest item. How technology is integrated into our lives is also important because we have to use angel, email and blogs and wikis to finish our homework and get grades. Now a days we are integrating them even younger, my students at Bath use computers in library and they know how to, during our elementary years we did not use computers like they do now.
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