{"id":40191,"date":"2013-12-22T21:57:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T04:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/22\/digital-nativity-no-mangers-need-apply.html"},"modified":"2014-01-07T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T20:52:11","slug":"digital-nativity-no-mangers-need-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/22\/digital-nativity-no-mangers-need-apply.html","title":{"rendered":"Digital Nativity (No Mangers Need Apply)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Are modern generations magically imbued with Internettiness and intuitive knowledge of YouTube? \u00a0Or is it like any other knowledge-set &#8212; dependent on time and space and inclination?<\/p>\n<p>I think what&#39;s particular to more modern generations than my own (Get off my network share!) is \u00a0more on the level of <i>expectations<\/i> than, reliably, knowledge. The experiences may very well vary, but beyond that it&#39;s a matter of attitude and application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102356721871221463140'>George Wiman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My standard speech when anyone balks at learning how to perform their tasks on a computer is that, if they were suddenly transported back to 1870, they would learn to ride a horse, trim an oil lamp, heat with a Franklin stove, and use a chamber pot. In other words, if they wanted to go places and do things, they&#39;d learn the technology of the time. Eventually it would become second-nature to them, and they might even learn advanced skills like Morse code if they wanted to do more.<\/p>\n<p>Working as I do with college students, the <b>&quot;Digital Native&quot;<\/b> label gives me considerable amusement. Today&#39;s kids are quite familiar with current interfaces and with Facebook, and sometimes that makes them look like wizards. As to configuring wireless connections or handling conflicts in file formats, they vary in about the same proportion as you would expect from any group. And the difference, near as I can tell, is (and always has been) <i>interest<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in something, you will be more patient working around obstacles to learning about it. \u00a0This is true regardless of the topic or the generation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/9WVKBAqjHiE\" class=\"ot-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/9WVKBAqjHiE<\/a>\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class='gpb-video'><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9WVKBAqjHiE?version=3&#038;autohide=1' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/cBU1YUrkbso' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are modern generations magically imbued with Internettiness and intuitive knowledge of YouTube? \u00a0Or is it like any other knowledge-set &#8212; dependent on time and space and inclination? I think what&#39;s particular to more modern generations than my own (Get off my network share!) is \u00a0more on the level of expectations than, reliably, knowledge. The experiences &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/22\/digital-nativity-no-mangers-need-apply.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Digital Nativity (No Mangers Need Apply)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-blogging","category-hi-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9753,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/07\/another_ten_commandments.html","url_meta":{"origin":40191,"position":0},"title":"Another Ten Commandments","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Nov-06 8:08am","format":false,"excerpt":"See, I have no trouble with this Ten Commandments for Ethical Atheists. 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