cyberthoughts

I have been revisiting the concept of digital immigrants and digtial natives. Personally, I have always disliked the distinction made based on the generation (i.e. age!!!) of the natives compared to the immigrants. Henry Jenkins has a great post on the reconsideration of Digital Immigrants…if you havent read it…I highly recommend it…provocative…

http://www.henryjenkins.org/2007/12/reconsidering_digital_immigran.html

The challenge I believe is twofold…how to keep abreast of emerging technologies and learning to be comfortable with them. Regardless of whether one is an immigrant or a native, there is still a plethoria of digital technology with which to become fluent, much as immigrants and natives alike struggle to become fluent in languages.