After reading both Melanie’s and Olivia’s blog, I thought it was interesting that they both mentioned how younger generations are increasingly more computer savvy. I have noticed this myself. My Dad will often get extremely frustrated with the computer because he can’t figure out how to open something and just give up on what he was doing. I also get frustrated but have more “tools” to use when trying to figure things out on the computer and give up after a longer period of time.
Melanie’s blog made me smile because I do the same thing; I always use dictionary.com and look up pictures online rather than in books. The other day my internet and cable was out for 3 hours and I felt lost because I typically look up information or ideas when lesson planning. I thought that Olivia brought up an interesting point when she mentioned how those in the digital emergent stage are typically older while as those who are literacy emergent are typically younger; I wonder if the two will level out at some point.
After having class this week, I am becoming more conscious of the types of technology out there to make me more of a digital native. However, as I mentioned, I have to push myself to use the digital tools at it is not something in my nature or that I would know how to find easily. I think that our project will be beneficial because we will learn a new literacy as well as a new technology.
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