Three weeks ago I did a couple presentations to parents about Parenting In the Digital Age: This FREE workshop is for parents, both the tech savvy and the less technically inclined, who would like to develop family expectations around the use of technology to play, learn and connect. For this presentation I created a wiki: […]
Tag: digital immigrants
“I speak digital” :: Digital Exposure
I’ve bounced some digital immigrant/native ideas around a few times. Now I have one more thing to add. When I was young my sister had dolls that spoke. This was so amazing! You pulled a string in the doll’s neck and as it recoiled the doll said, “Hi Ma-ma” or some other short phrase. Later […]
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Digital immigrants or digital natives? A discussion of digital competence… A spectrum, not a dichotomy!
Amy Capelle has started a very interesting discussion in Ning’s Classroom2.0 She asks, “Are they really digital natives?” The discussion there is great! Here is my response: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […]
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The digital native, the digital naive, and the digital divide.
I haven’t written too many quotable quotes in my day… but I like this one: I come from the Batman era, adding items to my utility belt while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives. I just wish it was true! The fact is that my utility belt is […]
