Double Journal Entry # 8

"I am shocked at how many supposedly well-educated, thinking people just "can't take a metaphor."-Marc Prensky

1. What was the term "Digital Native" meant to be used as? The term was intended to be used as a metaphor for the attitudes people have concerning the technology that was around them leading into the 21 century.

2. According to author what are the characteristics associated with Digital Natives? In the book digital natives were described as those who are comfortable in their use of the latest technology. Generally speaking most of these people are young with more capabilities to extend their competency in digital technology.

3. Do you consider yourself a Digital Native? I do because I'm comfortable using digital technology and for the things i don't know I can pick up on these things almost immediately.

4. What is Digital Wisdom? It is the wisdom from the use of digital technology that enhances tech knowledge and the wisdom in the use to increase tech capabilities.

5. How does the author define "wisdom"? It is defined as how efficiently one can use the resources presented to them and how technology can help with that.

6. How can technology enhance our Wisdom? Give three examples from the chapter? Technology can improve cognitive skills(recognition), memory(the various storage and vast amount of space for it), and judgment(due to the increase in data better decisions can be made)

7. What concerns did Socrates have about the technology of writing? Socrates believed that writing will dim the ability for one to remember and access certain parts of their memory.

8. How can teachers practices Digital Wisdom? I think it has one simple solution, have teachers become more acquainted with the latest digital technology figure out what things can brought to their students to help them learn.

9. The author states that he is "...opposed to those who claim the unenhanced mind and unaided thinking are somehow superior to the enhanced mind." Are you? Why or why not? I am opposed to that because in a world that is constantly enhancing the minds of the citizens must follow suit in order to advance in efficient time management. I'm not sure but if I read this wrong or not but I think what is being said that an enhanced is one that "knows all" or to that extent, I happen to believe that an enhanced mind is one that can still learn and discover new things and following that train of thought can pick up new things easier because an enhanced mind has been trained to learn new things opposed to an enhanced mind that hasn't been introduced to those capabilities. So through my interpretation an enhance mind is superior to one that has no structure.

This video is not only adorable but a snapshot of what the world is demanding even at the tender age of 3.....

1. Prensky, M. (2011). Deconstructing digital natives. New York: Taylor & Francis Group(Routledge).

2.VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc. (Producer) (2010). What digital natives want from their library [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_zzPBbXjWs