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Topic 1 2015

Reflective Summary: Topic 1

When I first came across the question for topic 1 I had no idea what my answer would be. After using my Web skills to carry out some research, however, I soon discovered not only White’s theory on ‘Residents’ and ‘Immigrants’, but also the previously commonly held theory by Prensky, that Web users can be divided into ‘Natives’ and ‘Immigrants’. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflection

Well topic one is now over and upon reflection of writing the blog post and reading what others had to say on the topic, I can say that most people’s posts I read were heading on the same track with the question that we were all given. All went down the path of explaining what digital relatives and visitors are, with a little information about the earlier model created by Prensky (Digital Natives and Immigrants). Continue reading →

Reflective summary on topic 1

When I first saw the question for topic 1, i thought that I fall into the digital visitor class in terms of making use of today’s technology and the Web but as I started my research on this topic and looked at different peoples ideas such as Mr White’s and read the previous years blogs that were written about the same topic, as I gathered more information, It started to change my opinion and agreed that I am more of a digital resident rather than a digital visitor. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary: What is learned from Topic 1 discussion (The Digital Visitors and Residents)

The concept of Digital visitors and Residents brought up a broad discussion among the class. At first I thought it is was a really complex concept to understand, but when I did my research and especially reading White, D. S., & Cornu report, I understood  it in much simple way. My blog focused on how much these two categories are combined together, and they should be treated as a continuum rather than two separate boxes. individual users can call into both of these categories. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflective Summary

When I first saw the question to consider for Topic 1, I instantly thought that I must fall into the category of ‘Native’ in terms of my use of the Web and Technology. However, as I began to research and read ideas presented by Prensky and Cornu and White I started to question whether perhaps the distinctions they were making were perhaps a little too simplistic. Continue reading →