Joseph+Scarneo

I believe there will always be Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. I feel this way because technology will be forever evolving and changing. It is for this reason there will always be a generation that is growing up with a technology and one that is attempting to learn it. However, I believe it will be a little different because of the attitude of the two generations. Currently, the two generations are very different. One grew up with technology. The other one is trying to learn all of it. However, when the generation that grew up with it is learning new things, there will be a generation that grew up with the new stuff. However, as the older generation we will not be against technology. Currently, the older generation does not believe technology is the best thing. This is the difference I see occurring. Even with this difference there will always be natives and immigrants.

I agree with the distinction of adaptability. Since our generation is growing up with an increasing amount of technology use, our generation may be more adaptable to technology of the future. The outlook on technology as we age will be exciting, rather than some of the Digital Immigrants today who view technology as more trouble than it's worth. If nothing else, having cell phones, laptops, and all the other innovative technology is teaching us how to adapt and learn. - Meredith Wiese

I agree with completely with you Joe. As technology evolves there will always be a side of this evolving technology where younger students/people will understand it more than their older counterparts. I believe that their always will be a gap between digital natives and digital immigrants because of evolving technology, I also believe if you want to close the gap that you can, but it will never fully be closed, there will always be rift between the knowledge of digital natives and digital immigrants. -Sam Schnall

I agree with you Joe. I think that as people get older they get used to learning the new technology and they become comfortable with it and they have no interest in exploring the newer updated versions. I also think that schools are a great place for younger generations to learn and that as people get older, they loose the opportunity to explore the newer technologies and then they might not become as accustomed to the new advancements being made and how to use them. -Hannah Cognetti