zaterdag 2 januari 2010

Digital natives and Digital immigrants

These terms do not have so much to do with where people are from, but more about the periode they come from.

Today's generation, also known as digital natives, are a part of a speedy traditional anymore due to the fact that almost everything has become digital. Said that, the new generation continues to grow up with the digital technology such as computers, internet, mobile phones. mp3's, dvd's and many more..



As you can see in the picture above, a digital immigrant is elderly individual who grew up without digital technology and adopted it later. A digital native, is a younger person who basicly grew up with technology. Usually they are faster adapters to technological changes.

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