Jane’s Blog

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”.