http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel/2008/03/06/the-downfall-of-the-digital-native-and-the-google-generation/ A place to find Dan Perkel's stuff on the web Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:48:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel/2008/03/06/the-downfall-of-the-digital-native-and-the-google-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Complicating issues of who does what with technologies and literacies | Procrastadabbler Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:24:53 +0000 http://dream.sims.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/wordpress/?p=33#comment-559 [...] Then today (when I should be writing but am finding everything but), I wandered over to Dan Perkel’s blog. As I mentioned, I met him at a session and was able to chat briefly. His blog however has a great post about Jenkin’s discussion of how problematic the “digital native” “digital immigrant” dichotomy.  One of the points made is that the youth aren’t necessarily all power users, and that the older folk are catching up. Now, by definition I am a digital immigrant or newcomer to use Lankshear & Knobel’s term. However, I actually know more about many digital modes than do my students. Naturally there is lots that I don’t know, but that’s true of anything. The key is that I’m willing to explore and try things out. It’s what Michele Knobel called being willing to give it a go and to get in there and muck around. [...] [...] Then today (when I should be writing but am finding everything but), I wandered over to Dan Perkel’s blog. As I mentioned, I met him at a session and was able to chat briefly. His blog however has a great post about Jenkin’s discussion of how problematic the “digital native” “digital immigrant” dichotomy.  One of the points made is that the youth aren’t necessarily all power users, and that the older folk are catching up. Now, by definition I am a digital immigrant or newcomer to use Lankshear & Knobel’s term. However, I actually know more about many digital modes than do my students. Naturally there is lots that I don’t know, but that’s true of anything. The key is that I’m willing to explore and try things out. It’s what Michele Knobel called being willing to give it a go and to get in there and muck around. [...]

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