Digital Native

Are you a digital native? Is anyone really a native to the 'digital world'? A native is 'characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning'. Yet in my mind I believe that if you were born in a era where computers and cell phones already existed, you can still be a digital native because you grew up knowing how to use these items. Some people might frown upon 'digital natives' because technology has also been found to be bad for us, according to an abc article. 


It seems like in this day and age that children are born with a natural instinct for technology. Something as simple as an iphone or ipad can be the most difficult thing for the older generation(s) to catch on too. My whole family has iphone's and has had them for years. Yet I still find myself helping my mom or dad with the simplest things even though they have had the phone for years! Children that are born in the 'digital era' have a natural knowledge of technology, here is an example.

E-trade is famous for the 'classic baby commercial' with this child. The baby pretty much shows that if a baby can use e-trade anyone can! Although a child really would not be able to use e-trade, this does show how children born in the 'digital era' are able to pick up and learn stuff quicker.