Second Post- Digital Native or Digital Immigrant?

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After our class discussion focusing on digital natives and digital immigrants, I have had mixed emotions regarding which I would identify as. I find myself as almost a hybrid amongst the two. I feel like I have attributes of each. Being a 90's child, I was fortunate enough, to have grown up with a great amount of technologies. I had a computer, a cell phone in middle school, and my house was the house that my friends wanted to hang out at because I had two lines, one for the phone, and a separate one for internet. However, the internet I grew up with was not what it is today, it was dial up and very slow and here was instant messenger rather than social medias. Although, I do feel I have a lot of competency in working with technology, I do feel that I am at a disadvantage in comparison to today's generation. For example, I do sometimes prefer a printed copy of something, I.E a book. Although, when searching the internet, I am drawn to images of articles. I also do prefer things done at a "twitch" speed. If the internet is dragging it absolutely drives me insane. In addition, I do wish that I had some of the knowledge that my students have. They know many shortcuts, that I have not been aware of and even taught me some new things. If I have a question, I often go to my tech savy students who frequently lead me in the right direction.


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