This is a very small piece on the website but it does provide alot of debate about "digital pilgrim" and how there cant just possible be digital natives and digital immigrants with one not understanding the other. The author believes that there is more than just "the 12-year old who can understand social networking sites" and "the 40 -year old who doesn't know how to even get onto the internet". This is where she has coined the term "digital pilgrims" for those who are able to use technology (able to use the internet, mobile phones, ope attachments on emails, etc), just not as thoroughly as school children, students, etc.
Although this piece is very small it does bring the digital immigration argument up to date as it provide the basis of an expansion on the whole debate. Although it has been mentioned before (even in some of these websites which I have analysed!) that it is not just black and white, digital native and digital immigrant, no one has gone as far to re-name a totally different category that people can relate to. I am surprised by this as it is very obvious that there are not just digital natives and digital immigrants around today but there are others which provide alot more deoth. This is why I feel this website has a lot of argument which people can relate to today due to its up to dateness and the fact that it is very true!
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Sarah,
This is an interesting category to add into the discussion. I recall seeing one of your posts on a fellow students blog, and you mention this there.
All the best
Emma
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