Thank the good lord I FINALLY got a good wireless signal. You know…I’m not really into reviewing stuff outside my domain of interest, but I really think I could write a book sometime of hotel reviews. Here’s the catch - I would base my entire review on my experience with their wireless internet. I would score the place I am staying in tonight near the bottom of the list of those many that I have experienced. I mean really…are there any places out there that don’t offer up free internetanymore? Well, apparently there is in State College, PA (I’m going to refrain from naming names on the basis that I’m not sure I can afford the legal ramifications). Not only did I have to pay for my access, but the signal ended up being so bad in my room that I was forced to move to the bar to get a good connection - well, I guess that’s not a terrible thing, but come on!

Anyhow, at least my angst allows me to relieve any little anxiety I might have for presenting tomorrow at the Blendedschools conference entitled “Educating the Digital Native”. Sutably trendy title for a conference that got me thinking about Prensky and got the gears rolling along. If you need a little kindling for thought, take a look at Jamie McKenzie’s critique entitled ‘Digital Nativism, Digital Delusions and Digital Deprivation’. Good stuff. Don’t agree with everything he says. But good stuff. McKenzie did a good job of defining the wierd little nagging feeling I got when reading Prensky’s definitions of digital native/digital immigrant. I just refuse to accept that I am a digital immigrant, when I’m sitting here in a hotel bar in State College scribing a blog post for my limited Community of Practive. I’m a native baby. Right?

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