Which Are You? Digital Immigrant - or - Digital Native |
E-mail |
Prints out hard-copies of emails. Calls to check if you received a sent email. |
Manages emails by deleting or storing them in folders or other locations. |
Technology in life span |
The internet "came to be" in their lifetime. |
The internet has always existed in their lifetime. |
Internet for information |
First goes to research tools: books, publications, card catelogs... |
Goes to a search engine online first. |
New software or hardware |
Uses the hard copy instruction manual. |
Expects that the tool/software will "teach as you use it." |
Working on a document |
Prints it out to edit it. |
Checks and edits on screen. |
Sharing a website of interest |
Brings a person to their computer to see it. |
E-mails the Url to the person or saves it in their social bookmarks, i.e. del.icio.us. |
Phone access |
Landline is primary phone. |
Rarely, if ever, uses a landline. |
Text messages |
If you know what it is, you type out the entire message and send it. |
Uses symbols and abbreviations to write their message. |
Remembering " stuff " |
Memorizes it! |
Knows where to find the information when needed. |
Social Networks: i.e. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter... |
Created a space just to have people stop asking why they don't have one. |
Must log on daily to check what's happening in the world. |
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