Digital Native or Digital Immigrant?

Without a doubt, I am a digital immigrant. An infant digital immigrant, at that. I'm not afraid of technology, so I have that going for me, but every time I think I am becoming a toddler or maybe even a child, I find a whole new area I didn't even know exsisted. I liken it to a child who has had that first piece of candy. It is sweet and delicious and I can't imagine anything better, but then I find the candy section at a small convience store. Look at the choices! I can hardly wait to try them. I know I may not like them all at first, but I can probably find a few I like immediately and I may learn to like the rest. I am feeling pretty good! But then I find a candy store. A whole store dedicated to candy! At first I am overwhelmed. How can I possibly try everything? But then I calm down and realize that I don't have to try them all at once. Just one or two that look good. Maybe I will like them, maybe I won't. I can always come back for more! It becomes an exciting adventure.

The videos were interesting. I had to watch them a few times to really get them. I watched them once, then waited a day and watched them again. The second one I understood right away - but I still got more out of it the second and third time I watched it. The first one took a little longer - that is part of the reason I am just now writing this post! I had to laugh at myself. Just for fun, I asked my seventeen year old daughter, a digital native, to watch them. She got them immediately. She even helped me better understand the first one. It was pretty funny.

More than anything, the first lessons have reconfirmed how much I still need to learn. But I know I will enjoy the process!