After reading chapter one of “Deconstructing Digital Natives,” I have discovered that I am a “technoloskeptic.”
While a technoloevangelist is one who attempts to build a mass of support for a
given technology in order to establish it as a technical standard in a market,
I sometimes question the validity of the sources. “Technology evangelists have
become particularly prominent in many areas of education, promising to
“transform” and “revolutionize” pedagogy using a variety of devices, all the
way from digital television to the Nintendo DS and the Apple iPad.”
The term “Digital Native” is identified by marketers with a
young person who has grown up with digital technologies and the Internet as everyday
parts of their lives. “Digital Natives” has reserved an influential and continuing,
yet, problematical resonance since Prensky popularized it in his essay, “Digital
Natives/Digital Immigrants.”
At first, I was unsure of what a few of the words in this
book meant, though, after I finished the chapter, I looked up their
definitions:
- · Luddite- a member of any of various bands of workers in England organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- · Polarization- a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- · Parlance- a way or manner of speaking, especially in a formal discussion or debate.
Quote:
"The current generation of young people will reinvent the
workplace, and the society they live in. They will do it along the progressive
lines that are built into the technology they use everyday-of networks,
collaboration, co-production and participation. The change in behavior has already
happened. We have to get used to it, accept that the flow of knowledge moves
both ways and do our best to make sure that no one is left behind.” -Green
& Hannon, 2007, n.p.
Response:
I chose this quote because I entirely agree. I have also noticed the change in behavior that has happened to our current generation. In fact, I also agree that the older generations have to get used to it. The flow of knowledge really does move both ways and those who know about the subject should teach others about it.
Sources:
Sasaki, David. "Protest Infatuation and the 4th Wave of
Democratization (1) » OWNI.eu, News, Augmented." OWNI.eu, News, Augmented.
N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2012.
<http://owni.eu/2012/01/02/protest-infatuation-and-the-4th-wave-of-democratization-1/>.
I'm also a technoskeptic especially when it comes to technology and education. Billions of dollars have been spent on technology for schools yet the "transformative" power promised has not occurred.
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