Growing up with technology in your daily life has different effects on individuals. It is perceived that there is a clear divide between the use of technology between digital natives and digital settlers. There are gray areas of that notion and many unique situations that contrast with that idea. In reality there is a difference between digital natives and settler at this time in regards to technology.
A Digital Native is defined as, “They all have access to networked digital technologies. And they all have the skills to use those technologies” (Palfrey and Gasser 7). Being born after the 1980s, the digital native generation has evolved with technology from the start of their lives. A Digital Native is someone who has grown up with technology …show more content…
Not having grown up with sites like social media, they could be creating profiles just to connect with old friends. However, many are teased for their lack of skills and understanding of common applications and websites. My experience as a Digital Native, living with two Digital Settlers is less than stereotypical. My mother, age 55 (if she asks I said 29), is an entrepreneur who created her own social media-marketing company. For someone who grew up first using a computer in college, she has a plethora of social media accounts. Although she wasn’t born after the 1980s my mother could be defined as a digital native. Because she fits both definitions for settler and native, I would consider her a “nomad”. She fits both definitions and goes back and forth with her values about life and …show more content…
For example, all of their posts on their social media accounts they created as a child follow them to adulthood. Being a college student, networking was a complete culture shock. I did not have my phone and had to engage completely unplugged with potential employers. While applying for college and careers, future employers might stumble upon these potentially inappropriate posts. As the generations continue to advance, I believe many face-to-face interactions will become null. A major factor contributing to this evolution is the fact that children at age three already have full use of iPad and iPhone applications. The (e)dentity differs from digital settlers because our lives are exposed as early as seven years old. Do to my mother’s use of technology starting later in life, she knew how exposed all of her information would be once it was posted online. When she was applying for college, there wasn’t the factor of her (e)dentity that would be seen and judged. It was her application and her grades. Back then, being accepted into universities was more simple and traditional. Similarly, to when she was applying for jobs, there wasn’t someone hired to dig up information on the internet. There wasn’t the risk of having an inappropriate photo from three years ago someone tagged you in to ruin a job offer. The “typical” digital native doesn’t have that life experience to know people are watching or the luxury
A Digital Native is defined as, “They all have access to networked digital technologies. And they all have the skills to use those technologies” (Palfrey and Gasser 7). Being born after the 1980s, the digital native generation has evolved with technology from the start of their lives. A Digital Native is someone who has grown up with technology …show more content…
Not having grown up with sites like social media, they could be creating profiles just to connect with old friends. However, many are teased for their lack of skills and understanding of common applications and websites. My experience as a Digital Native, living with two Digital Settlers is less than stereotypical. My mother, age 55 (if she asks I said 29), is an entrepreneur who created her own social media-marketing company. For someone who grew up first using a computer in college, she has a plethora of social media accounts. Although she wasn’t born after the 1980s my mother could be defined as a digital native. Because she fits both definitions for settler and native, I would consider her a “nomad”. She fits both definitions and goes back and forth with her values about life and …show more content…
For example, all of their posts on their social media accounts they created as a child follow them to adulthood. Being a college student, networking was a complete culture shock. I did not have my phone and had to engage completely unplugged with potential employers. While applying for college and careers, future employers might stumble upon these potentially inappropriate posts. As the generations continue to advance, I believe many face-to-face interactions will become null. A major factor contributing to this evolution is the fact that children at age three already have full use of iPad and iPhone applications. The (e)dentity differs from digital settlers because our lives are exposed as early as seven years old. Do to my mother’s use of technology starting later in life, she knew how exposed all of her information would be once it was posted online. When she was applying for college, there wasn’t the factor of her (e)dentity that would be seen and judged. It was her application and her grades. Back then, being accepted into universities was more simple and traditional. Similarly, to when she was applying for jobs, there wasn’t someone hired to dig up information on the internet. There wasn’t the risk of having an inappropriate photo from three years ago someone tagged you in to ruin a job offer. The “typical” digital native doesn’t have that life experience to know people are watching or the luxury