Digital Native

I consider myself a digital native, because I definitely see technology as "my friend, not my foe" and use it in many ways. When I took the quiz, I was unable to define modding and smart mobs, but was able to define blog, wiki, instant messenger, and massive multi-player online games. Technology is everywhere, so to be emergent is not difficult. People are exposed to the digital world daily, but whether or not they understand and are comfortable with the actual technology is what distinguishes people as natives or immigrants.

Someone in an emergent digital literacy stage would probably not be fully comfortable with the digital world. One major connection between digital literacy and traditional literacy is the ability to multitask. Young children do not learn all the skills necessary to be literate at once, rather they build on skills. This is true with digital information as well. People become comfrotable or knwoledgeable about one aspect of the technology and use that knowledge to learn more in depth about that or other technologies. For example, in my mind, a blog is an easier form of a wiki, so someone would probably be exposed to a blog and very easily be able to understand what a wiki is. Also, like an emergent reader, I am exposed to many different technologies, but I do not always understand all of them. This is a quality of an emergent literacy learner.