Comments on: Digital resident makes more sense than digital native

By: How to Get Six Pack Fast

How to Get Six Pack Fast — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:31:52 +0000

My fellow on Facebook shared this link and I’m not dissapointed at all that I came here.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:07:05 +0000

Angus,

The difference is slight but Prensky uses the term “native” which for some implies, all our students intuitively know how to use technology and thus as teachers we just give them the tools and away we go. Conversely, it implies that adults have such a hard time becoming native.

At least with resident, everyone starts on equal footing. I think it helps teachers realize they can learn this stuff and don’t have to feel that students are so far ahead.

The digital revolution is not about age but rather access.

By: Angus

Angus — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:54:56 +0000

Hmmm... does it really matter? Native or resident? Immigrant or visitor? I think the point is that we are moving towards a time that we are all digital citizens. Anguss last blog post..Something to think about…

By: Dave Ferguson

Dave Ferguson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:49:38 +0000

As you say, resident and visitor are less polarizing terms. Even for the experienced, "resident" gets rid of that I-was-here-first silliness. If you haven't yet seen the movie, it's first-run. (Early adopters might envision themselves, three or four decades along, starting every other sentence with "When I first started with Twitter...") Dave Fergusons last blog post..Schools: dipsticks and demonstration

By: Not Net Gen - Oh No! | Learning In a Flat World

Not Net Gen - Oh No! | Learning In a Flat World — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:21:38 +0000

[...] ties in to a post Dean Shareski made last week entitled “Digital Resident Makes More Sense Than Digital Native.“ Dean was building off a post made by Dave White back in July – “Not Natives & [...]

By: Top Reasons Why I ♡ 1:1 Laptop Learning | Techknowledgey

Top Reasons Why I ♡ 1:1 Laptop Learning | Techknowledgey — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:48:11 +0000

[...] life as their children. We feel fortunate to work with a group of parents–many of whom are digital visitors–who share our vision and encourage their children to teach them as the year [...]

By: Elona Hartjes

Elona Hartjes — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:53:10 +0000

I used to be a digital immigrant, but now I'm definately a digital citizen. Elona Hartjess last blog post..Are our kids as smart as other grade 8 math and science students around the world?

By: Doug Belshaw

Doug Belshaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:07:06 +0000

Like John, I'm not really the type of person that likes to pigeon-hole others, but this resident/visitor metaphor sits better with me than the native/immigrant dichotomy. I'll certainly be exploring all of these terms in my Ed.D. thesis - see my proposal here!

By: Raj

Raj — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:47:05 +0000

I think the resident/visitor idea works - because there are some of the "native generation" who are certainly not "natives". They would barely qualify to be visitors, while others "dilly dally" around one or two technology memes and are surely "visiting". Good stuff. Rajs last blog post..Vincent Laforet agrees that the 5DmkII is a game changer

By: John Larkin

John Larkin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:49:51 +0000

Dean,
Interesting concept. I am generally reluctant to apply a label or metaphor to any user of technology. Yet, I must admit the original blog account of the two terms is quite interesting and plausible. I have been reluctant to apply labels as a continuum applies to the usage set of technology users. The post author acknowledges this and also wonderfully points out that age and gender are not relevant with the Resident and Visitor distinctions. This is good. Thanks to yourself and Alice for pointing to this link.
Cheers, John