I definitely see myself as a digital native. The internet and email, etc. have all been around for as long as I can remember. At first smart phones seemed like a thing of the future but now they are part of my everyday life and I couldn’t imagine trying to go without my phone. Whenever new digital technology comes out, it is very easy for me to figure out how to work it because I’ve been using different pieces of technology my whole life and I am used to them, unlike digital natives who might not even know how to turn an iPhone on (my dad!!).
My future students will probably be exposed and used to much higher technology so it will be very important for me to keep up with the new types of technologies being used in schools to keep up with them. There will always be some divide between different generations but since I will be working with young children, they might not be using the highest technologies since they will be so young. I’ve definitely seen a divide in the generations especially with my parents. I am used to doing everything really fast and navigating my phone, the internet, or TV very quickly, but they are SO SLOW it seems like! Basically everyone my age can go through their phones and search, call, look up anything they want at lightning speed. My future students will probably expect me to be able to navigate through all of the technology in my classroom very quickly too but that might not be the case so I will definitely have to practice a lot when using new technologies.
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