Participant 9 response

Q1: Based just on the label "Digital Immigrant", what skills would you imagine such a person having with electronics?

basic skills; minimal technical skills; daily operations that may be familiar based on job responsibilities, etc.

Q2: Based solely on the label "Digital Native", what skills would you imagine such a person having with electronics?

technical skills; knowledge of the basics and most of the workings beyond that

Q3: Describe how the formal education of a "Digital Immigrant" might differ from a "Digital Native."

digital natives have been taught via computers or with the supplement or assistance of computers/technology; immigrants were taught without (or with minimal) computer/technology usage

Q4: Describe how you think a 19-year-old college Freshman would prefer to receive their course materials.

via email

Q5: Describe how you think a 19-year-old college Freshman would prefer to collaborate on a group project in a course versus a 60-year-old retiree.

the 19-year old and the 60-year old would have a generation gap because of the advent of computers and technology; the 19-year old would likely prefer asynchronous modes of communication and the 60-year old likely would not

Q6: Describe how you think a college professor would prefer to generate and present lessons to 19-year-old college freshmen.

the college professor would probably have knowledge of how 19-year olds learn, but may or may not teach accordingly - he might post things online in addition to giving hard copies if he were going to accomodate the native learning styles

Q7: Can you give an example of when a technology boundary negatively affected your success on a project for work or school?

i've had some luck in working with people who are pretty proficient in technology.  i think it's because it is basically required to take courses in our program.  email and internet are required, not only for communication purposes but for coursework too - so, no i can't think of a boundary in that respect

Q8: Can you give an example of when you perceived age was a boundary in the success of a project at work or school?

 

Q9: What is your age?

Under 25

Q10: What is your highest educational degree?

finishing masters now

Q11: Please suggest topics and/or opinions in any area you feel is relevant to the topics presented in this questionnaire.