Digital Native

I do not think anyone in this class can claim to be a digital immigrant. We all grew up with computers around us, we all use them for school, for learning, for fun. While we may have different experiences and confidence levels with technology, it is something that permeates our lives and has for nearly all of the years we have lived.
The quiz does not seem to be an effective way to categorize people as either digital immigrants or digital natives. I think there is much more to determining if someone is a digital native than being able to define a few trendy tech words. In a year, maybe blogs and wikis will be old news and there will be some new term it is important to know. Someone who fears technology and would never dream of using a blog, might understand what a blog is. I think what is important about this idea is not what specific technologies we can define or even know how to use, but our mindset about using and learning technologies. It is more important that we are comfortable trying things out with technology, that we know where to find help learning technology, and that we can see its benefits in our lives. The way we think about technology is what divides immigrants from natives.
When working with others to teach technology, I come across this often. There is a definitely difference in thinking when it comes to teaching a technology to a younger person than an older person. Having this framework (native/immigrant) for thinking about this difference, will really help me be a better technology teacher.