Website Two Criticism

Dated in 2001, this was the most out dated website i have looked at on digital immigration however, it is also the most informative and many people have referred back to this. In this, the author describes and makes clear the distinction between digital immigrants and digital natives with examples of their differences in behaviour. He also touches on the matter of digital immigrants teaching digital natives and the contrast between the different learning methods used between these two generations. He explains 'our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language ( that of a pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language'. This implies that not only do we (digital natives) learn in a different way than digital immigrants but also that we are being taught about something that we are arguably better at than our teachers. The author of this also talks about 'accents' in reference to tendancies held by those who have adopted technology into their lives. This is also good at demonstrating how digital immigrants are reluctant to accept this new digital age.

Although this is a very indepth report on digital immigrants and has some good theories, it is all mainly opinion as the author was one of the first to talk about the subject. Therefore due to lack of any real resources or references it can not be taken with much authority and academically can be considered not very reliable.