Digital Accents Aren't a Bad Thing!
Topic: Blogging Basics
Last week during a workshop I asked participants to do an activity that I've been using fairly often. After discussing the concept of digital immigrants and digital accents, I had them blog examples of their own digital accent. One person was totally stumped! She got the idea that having a digital accent- even a fairly mild one- was a negative thing. Didn't want to share any ideas about how hers might manifest itself. After reading what past workshop participants have contributed, she did allow as how she prints her online calendar.

I find myself thinking about the barrier this may create for this individual. A digital accent isn't a bad thing- it just is. If we can't recognize that, it will be difficult, I think, to understand why it sometimes gets in our way.