Are you a "digital native"(grew up with digital technology) or an "digital immigrant" (learn to use digital technology as an adult)?

These two terms are kind of buzz words / jargon. They are somewhat helpful in generalizing broad differences - i.e. People who grew up in a digital world with lots of technology based on computer chips vs. people people who grew up in an analog world where the familiar technology was machine based.In very general terms you can assume some degree of comfort level and natural affinity; however, be careful with assumptions.

My dad for instance was born in 1955, and I've heard the cut-off for digital natives / immigrants is 1980... I was born in 1980, but it was my dad's interest and passion for technology that sparked my interest. And let's not forget that many CEO's of tech companies and tech journalists are also digital immigrants. I've known plenty of my peers and even people younger than me to not have a clear understanding of how most technology works... they're simply used to it being around, and in the end that's all these two terms really tell you.

Hm, more like a "digital second generationer," I think. I wasn't born into a world that had the internet and iPods, but we did have an old Macintosh in the house. I grew up playing "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago" on floppy disks, and making really adorably crappy artwork in the first ever "Paint" program.

Our first PC (with a color monitor! And internet! ) arrived when I was about ten.So while I am intimately familiar with technology because of such a long (well, 10-ish years) experience with it, I'm by no means someone that assumes the internet has been around "forever.

" I don't think there's a clear-cut difference between the two groups. It would depend on your definition of "technology," really. I assume you mean mostly computers - not cars, electricity, etc. I think most people born earlier than the 1980s (when tape players, CD players, VHSs, computers, really took off) would be the most unfamiliar with technology, and therefore the "digital immigrants.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.