born there or sneaking over the border

The article is asking whether life is different for people that have been born with the tech than those that have learned to adapt to the technology.

I know that my kids are better at using technology than many of their teachers. I know that many teachers are having problems learning to use tech. I have some problems myself and it does come from the way I think.

I feel that I am more a native than an immigrant. I have been using technologysince I was a kid. I played video games and started using an APlle IIe early.

I think that teaching does need to change to support the kids.

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One Response to “born there or sneaking over the border”

Karen McComas Says:
March 5th, 2006 at 5:31 pm
Doug,

I knew there was a reason I was going to hound you to write! I love to read what you write and I’m amused when I try to resolve the Doug in person that flips out a little tiny notebook in order to write by hand and the Doug who has a whole keyboard and screen in front of him to write.

I was curious about your statement about having some problems yourself with your almost classic native background. What are the problems you mentioned? Are they really problems? Could they be classified in other ways?

Karen