We’re not all carbon-dated after all (Tania Kennedy)
In repsonse to Tania’s post, Oblinger and Oblinger seem to agree that age does not determine Net Gen entry!
Great news for us! They say:
“age is less important than exposure to technology”.
I agree (coming from a computing career to teaching)! However I don’t quite classify myself as a digital native in all aspects – I don’t do IM and I … don’t have an iPod (partly money priorities, partly time reasons).
The Oblingers recommend to ask yourself questions, like:
- Are you more comfortable composing documents online than longhand? YES!
- Have you turned your “remembering” (phone numbers, meetings, and so on) over to a technology device? YES!
- Do you go to meetings with your laptop or PDA? Sometimes!
- Are you constantly connected? Is the Internet always on whether you are at home or work? Is your cell phone always with you? YES!
- How many different activities can you effectively engage in at one time? LOADS! as long as one is not an essay!
- Do you play video or computer games? Well….
So maybe we are allowed to be considered as “part Net Gen”.
