Digital Native or Immigrant? by Oscar Navarro https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd You, Your Teachers, Your Students en-us 2016-11-08 19:06:04 UTC 2025-10-05 05:11:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Come to the Land of the Ice & Snow... st_lucy_mr_lopez https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274707 Students:  Many are Natives, but will exhibit some Immigrant characteristics like a lack in typing skill/speed (home-row concerns especially). Very familiar in applications use or how to hide their stuff from parents.
Colleagues:  Unsure as to all teachers, but I think most are competent in being able to learn. I lean Native, with some Immigrant "accents."
ME:  half & half - fine with learning new computer applications, even remember the days of bringing in Netscape article for (I guess better than AOL right) I do not always using media aspects (too busy to care about Pop culture besides my nerdy stuff, or posting about my life)]]> 2016-11-09 00:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274707 Labels tkawamata https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274725 I loathe to categorize my colleagues into these two categories.  I believe there are those who are born Digital Natives but don't necessarily incorporate tech into their courses often.  There are also immigrants who are more successful than the natives because technology is valued and therefore pursued intentionally. 
Most faculty are immigrants who refuse digital citizenship.  I am an immigrant.  My students are natives who don't know how to maximize tech to learn.  They're video game natives.  ]]> 2016-11-09 00:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274725 Immigrant in a 'Native' Generation https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274745 Me: I feel like I should be a digital native but feel more like a digital immigrant. I feel like I should be a digital native because I kind of "grew up with technology" seeing the transition from gargantuan desktops to microscopic phones, and paper thin laptops. But I never really cared much about technology growing up so I did not really spend time with it.
Colleagues: About 50/50
Students: Mostly digital natives]]> 2016-11-09 00:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274745 https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274810 I am a digital native and nearly all of my students are digital natives too. My faculty are digital natives but we have a few immigrants.]]> 2016-11-09 00:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274810 I was born before the iPod, but I watched and participated as new technologies came (was there for the first NES..what?????!!!!). So maybe I'm a digital native because I'm able to adapt to all that? The categories seem artificial. I'm not even sure how to answer this. cgunter1 https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274817 Students seem to be digital natives; however, with stuff like file organization and ethical/responsible use, awareness of digital footprint issues, etc....not sure. 
Colleagues--so we run the gamut. I have now hired teachers I once taught, so not sure. Age doesn't seem to be an issue, though, because some of our early adopters are also pre-iPod types and the converse is also true that some of the ones who are resistant are new teachers. Seems like we (teachers, students, and I) are all digital immigrants--how we use technologies continues to change in terms of introduction of new tools; however, we seem to behave all of us like consumers of tech, not creators with tech.]]> 2016-11-09 00:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274817 https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274982 I am a digital native.
My colleagues are a mix of digital natives and digital immigrants.
My students are all digital natives. ]]> 2016-11-09 00:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136274982 me: digital native - mostly  https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275030 students: digital natives 
colleagues: ..... 80% digital imm. ]]> 2016-11-09 00:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275030 Me: I believe I am a digital native although born before the iPod - definitely consider myself an early adapter since childhood jbotelloteaches https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275034 My colleagues - we skew pretty young in age and are all open to new technology and are quick to adapt - I would say they lean closer to natives (except for the nun we had on staff - she was an immigrant for obvious reasons)

my students who are natives 

]]> 2016-11-09 00:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275034 https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275171 I would say that I am a digital native as well as my students.  Most of my colleagues are digital immigrants.]]> 2016-11-09 00:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275171 https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275284 Students: digital natives, but not all for good

Teachers: Digital Immigrants with a few digital natives that still required assistance

Self: trying to keep up with it all…more digital immigrant than native

]]> 2016-11-09 00:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275284 Same as below, students = natives, teachers not so much, me always a bit behind - good thing we're elementart https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275487 2016-11-09 00:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275487 Same as below, students = natives, teachers not so much, me always a bit behind - good thing we're elementary https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275488 2016-11-09 00:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275488 Digital Native or Immigrant? https://padlet.com/onavarro/eb4ih1y2lggd/wish/136275500 I would consider myself a digital native.  I have early memories playing on our family’s Macintosh computer playing games like Oregon Trail or Tetris.  Even so, I prefer to read an actual book I can hold and touch.

My students are definitely digital natives, as many of them did not know life before Facebook.  

My colleagues are split 50/50.  While some are comfortable in using technology  and use it regularly, others shutter at the thought.  I even have some teachers that would prefer to use transparencies over a digital version.  
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