I find it terribly fascinating to be called a "digital native". I'd never thought of how different it must have been to grow up without this technology that I have, whereas other people considered to be "digital immigrants" had to learn it like a second language. It's so true though - walking through campus it's a cloud of smartphones, ipods, and laptops. It is completely natural to those of us who grew up with such technology at our finger tips, but for older generations this is something rather unnatural and quite different. What I'd like to know is how we are paying for the use of this technology socially. What I mean is that I wonder what sort of effects it will have on our society later.
Privacy is also something our generation is unfamiliar with. We share so much information online because that is what we are used to doing. Facebook's homepage when you log in prompts you to tell the world what you are thinking and feeling by giving you the option to "update your status". As the reading states, this leaves a trail for future employers, educators, and even possible suitors to find information that they don't like. They also said that this is our identity. While some of the older generations feel like they have two different identities, one for real life and one for online, we have combined all of our profiles into one single identity that can be accessed in many different ways.
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