With this article found, it was a response to the one I found from The Times Online. Rochelle Mazar however looks beyond the main points about digital natives and immigrants between different ages and looks at if being a digital immigrant in this digital world is such a bad thing.
Her main argument is that why should those over 20 years old be classed as something else just because they have a smaller knowledge of some digital equipment. She says that the digital immigrants can change and adapt to this new world by learning the ropes with one quote that stood out to me: ‘Because we all stop learning at age 20, right? And there should be no more pressure to learn after that. Is that really the world we want to live in? That’s like asking us to stop reading after age 20’.
She when goes on to use her own personal experience in comparing herself to a digital native and show that anyone over 20 who hasn’t been brought up by technology can easily accomplish the same things, such as being able to use the internet, download items etc. To summarize it, age should not be an issue as ‘Being a “digital native” is not about your early experiences’.
Mazar, R. (2006) Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants
http://www.mazar.ca/2006/07/18/digital-natives-vs-digital-immigrants/
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So, what do you think? And how does any of this relate to the rest of the unit? Online anonymity? Future politics? Community? etc.
ReplyDeleteI certainly see here point and the way it relates to the way we work and live.
ReplyDeleteI don't see why we should be classes as either a computer geek or a useless old fart with computers!
As Mazar says, we never stop learning. In relation to the article and family, my parents are both 50, yet still have some and are gaining more knowledge of these technological devices me and you use everyday.