I am such a digital immigrant. To say that I struggle with technology is to put it nicely. I am naturally an even go person, but technology can frustrate me probably more than anything else in the world. I will admit I am to blame, I am not patient with it…I am so one of those people who presses the cursor like 4 times really fast if it is connecting right away; only to freeze the computer. I am that girl.
My little brother, 13, is on the computer probably 3 times more than he is on his homework. I am embarrassed to ask him question, yet he is probably the most computer savy in the house. If I were to make a timeline from Digital Immigrant to Digital Natives I could place my entire family in chronological order starting with Dad working towards my youngest brother. While I wish I were more Technology native, I have such a longggg way to go, especially with my score of a 2 and half…yes I gave myself half credit for one. Anyways, I do appreciate what technology has to offer, and what it will offer to my classroom in the future. And now that I feel totally incompetent I think it would be in my best interest to take a class and/or get tutored by my little brother. I feel like my students would be missing out some things that could really benefit from.
On an end note in being a Hearing Consultant (dream job) their whole lives on computers now. The IEPS, the paperwork, Calendars, etc. So ya,, Digital “immigrantcy” here I come.
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So in the middle of my and raving on how I am a digital immigrant I forgot to mention how it correlates with literacy emergent. I feel as if they could run parallel to one another in the sense of developing skills in time. This however takes an ironic twist because I feel that the age is backwards. Just as I talked about the digital timeline of my family, it would be opposite with literacy. My youngest brother would be at the lower end of literacy while my dad would be on the other side. Many adults are not up to date as their children, who are growing up in this Generation D world. Not saying that all families would be like this, but I have a feeling most are.
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