Again this another blog,but is not just about digital natives and immigrants, it does seem to want to cover more ground than that, For instance in his about section he talks about covering “he state of public education in the United States and the perpetual efforts to reform it. That, plus comments on instructional technology, blogging and the read-write web (aka Web 2.0), various forms of media, digital rights and fair use, a very small dab of politics, and the everyday oddities of life that pop up.” All of these relate to Digital nativism and Digital Immigration and so the blog will cover a lot of ground. On this blog there are navigation bars along the top and down the right hand side. The one along the top has the options of Home, about, stuff for edtech and the top 101. And down the side is divided into teaching and learning, education news and opinions and general news and opinion amongst others, there is also again the option to access and Archive, which seems to be a really good in a very active, well established and regularly used Blog. For instance there is the option to go back to may 2007 all the way up to April 3rd 2008. So it is a well updated website. The top 101 websites, is one of the links which helps teachers (digital immigrants) to find websites that might help them teach the pupils (digital niatives) in a digital way. For instance there is a link to an interactive prehistoric time line.
Friday, 4 April 2008
Week 8 question 3 part 4
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Kayleigh,
I would say that your websites, are perhaps a little over-reliant on blogs, and it may have been an idea to look for a little more variety in the type of websites you access? Given also that the author of this one talks about many different areas, perhaps a website focussing more specifically on digital immigration may have been an idea?
What ideas did you learn from this blog on digital immigration? What views were put forward about 'natives' and 'immigrants'?
All the best
Emma
I think digital natives are mote natural, for example for a child growing up today it is practically impossible for them to grow up without being surrounded by (and therefore experiencing) the digital technology of the day....they don't really have a choice. But for digital immigrants from different generations, they can to a bigger degree avoid the digital technology, by not having the internet, still having old radios or cassette tapes, etc.
So does this mean digital immigrancy is a choice made by those over about 30 years of age??
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