Native or Immigrant -- caught in the middle

I think I would describe myself as a digital hybrid. I am a product of an educational system that only used technology intermittently. I played some Number Munchers and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (spelling was obviously not a skill I mastered online), but we didn't think digitally.
I found myself faced with the need to change when I was teaching freshman composition for the first time. I was lucky enough to be in a computer lab, but found myself struggling to pry students off email and music sites to look at the readings I had planned. I quickly realized that the best way to reach some of the people in my class was to speak their language - emails, online chats, etc.
Since then I try to straddle the line between traditional educational tools (textbooks, articles, class discussions) and high-tech tools (blogs, Webpage design).
I'm a work in progress - often feeling much less "native" to the digital landscape than my students. The good news is that technology changes so often we all are working to keep up.

Playing around with images

I was thinking some of you might want to use your blog as a space to tell your own tech story. Images might help. Here's some examples:

I am a duck racing genius!

Other placement sizes and options:


This is a smaller image placed to the right of the text rather than dead center. Also, and most importantly, it shows off my duck-holding skills.








Finally, can do another option:
This is probably the closest I am ever coming to a tattoo (serious needle phobia here).

Finally .. a post (sort of)

To start of class today I want us to blog about the Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants article by Prensky.

Consider:
As described in the article, are you a digital native or digital immigrant. Explain. Think of an example from school – with no names – of a time when you noticed the difference (could be good or bad experience).

Hi

Welcome to my millionth blog.