| Digital Natives |
Digital Immigrants |
Analogs |
| Look for information on the internet
first |
They look for information in traditional
media, then
the internet |
"Next thing you're going to tell
me that all the
computers in the world are connected by some sort of "digital
highway"!" |
Start using any software without reading
the manual.
They assume the software will intuitively teach them. |
Have to "educate themselves"
before attempting
to use new software. And they find the whole thing rather annoying. |
"Yeah I like soft wear. All my
clothes are made
of cotton" |
| Click once on a web hyperlink. |
Double-click hyper links. |
"Hyper-kids can be so annoying!" |
| Read email from screen. |
Print out emails and read them on paper. |
"My secretary handles this e-mail
thing." |
| "Hi.. Check out this cool site:
www.coolsite.com. Bye.." |
"Hello? Ahmad here. Do you have
a minute? Come to
my office right now. You've got to see this web site" |
"Can you send someone to clean
those spider webs
from the ceiling of my office" |
*Table from:Digital
Natives, Immigrants and Analogues by
Ahmad Humeid
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