3) In your blog criticise each website (without giving details that would send a reader directly there) in terms of up-to-dateness, usability and practicing what it preaches.
Compared to the first website i found, this website offers more insight into 'digital immigration' and even as far to state the opposite 'digital natives'. After reading the article within the website, i felt like i understood the concept more clearly. However there's still some flaws.
The article does shine light on Marc Prensky, apparently crediting the term 'digital native', what this does, is make the article seem more reliable, as the article has been written by Greg Creuy; there's a hyperlink that the user can click on to look at his profile and by doing so you can see whether the author is credible. This is beneficial but its also nice to know that a published author (Marc Prensky), who actually came up with the term, is acknowledged.
Moreover, there's no counter arguments, it seems that as a user, you have to take everything at face value, which definately isn't the case.
The date is very recent which is a plus as technology is changing all the time, so what a person might have said a few years ago, might not fit into todays society.
Ultimately, i dont know whether its the article that i disagree with or with the actual concept itself, but i found that the two terms 'digital native' and 'digital immigrant' were two broad. Whilst i was reading i thought 'surely theres a someone who could fit between the two'. Someone who remembers 'telephones that had to be attached to the wall by a cord', but then also find the use of technology 'natural'. The article states that 'digital immigrants' would still choose their 'dusty photo' over uploading them onto their computer. Well what if they prefer looking at their photo's that way and its not because they just cant use the technology? what if they have a mix between the two. Would they still be considered a 'digital immigrant'?
The site is useful for people who don't know anything about the concept. However it lacks in counter arguments. Therefore it seems less academic.
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You need to get your skates on Micha to catch up on things now as time is running short - and you can include the URLs as the time has passed for keeping them hidden.
ReplyDeleteAs to your comments, you are right to ask if we can be so strict in definition - we can't - although we have to start theorising somewhere, and at least Presnky got a debate going. But try and think about those responses you've had in theory terms - it seems to me that you are arguing that people just don't change their practices that fast - and new practices don't change people that fast - how is this relevant in terms of our unit concepts?