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HOW I BECAME A DIGITAL IMMIGRANT
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DEFINITION:
Digital Immigrant
Someone who is new to technology (me).
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ABOUT ME…I was born in the Dominican
Republic in 1977.
Moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1992.
Touched a computer for the first time in 1998.
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RANDOM FACT # 1
According to census.gov, 22.8 % of U.S. households had access to computers by 1993.
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RANDOM FACT # 2:
Compared with the Dominican Republic where only 25% of the population had access to a computer in 2002.
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I WASN’T INTERESTED IN COMPUTERS
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My excuses: Excuses
Excuses
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I don’t need to know how to use computers, I’m a stay at home mother.
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Bad people can steal your identity.
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Staring at the screen will ruin your eye sight.
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BUT ONE DAY, I DISCOVERED MY CALLING!!
I’m going back to college to be a teacher!!
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THEN CAME THE DOUBTS…
Will I have to use a computer? Am I too old to learn?
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THANKFULLY…I had no doubt of the support of
my husband and children.
I was willing to fight for my dream.
I knew I would give it my best
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THE MOMENT OF TRUTH CAME…
An in-class essay for English.
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I had never written an essay before, especially not on the computer.
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Everyone was typing except me. What I’m I going to do?
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I kept pressing buttons looking for the screen with the sheet of paper… Nothing.
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I Decided learning was better than hiding I didn’t know. I went to the professor and explained my dilemma.
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…And that is how my digital migration began.
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EMIGRATING TO THE DIGITAL STATE.
As with any move, it was hard at first
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It took much work and
many hours of practice
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Many questions to classmates, professors and my husband.
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I still miss the non-digital state where I came from, but growing is worth the pain. I hope.
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