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Hi everyone! I saw that the table and paragraphs had to be added to the wiki, and didn't see anything up yet, so here it is. Just add your name to what week you are going to be our //fearless// leader!
 * = Week ||= Leader ||
 * = 1 ||= Theresa Carlson ||
 * = 2 ||= Dana Hall ||
 * = 3 ||= Theresa Carlson ||
 * = 4 ||= Cheri Gaydos ||
 * = 5 ||= Lisa Godding ||
 * = 6 ||= Deb Polson ||

Introduce yourself to your group members. Include your contact information and any pertinent scheduling considerations (your availability, time zone, etc.). Post two to three sentences summarizing your initial thoughts on your assigned topic. What interests you about it? What challenges do you anticipate?

I am Dana Hall. You can always email me to my Walden email address: dana.hall2@waldenu.edu, or you call/skype me at 410-322-2042. My username for skype is dana.hall10. I am on the east coast (EST) and usually only available at night, like after 8 pm. I have a 14 month old son and as any mother knows, there is no chance of getting anything productive done before they are in bed : ) I do check my email throughout the day and can respond briefly as needed. In regards to our topic, I am familiar with it because it is a topic covered in one of my other courses at Walden. I think it may be a bit difficult to find concrete resources for specific learning styles comparing digital natives and immigrants. I feel like we'll run into information that might blend the lines of who 'immigrants' and 'natives' really are and what their characteristics are. We will see however. Seems like a good topic to know more about!

I am Deb Polson. I can be contacted through my school e-mail. I also use Skype for chat but can set up free conference calling through my home phone which is 937-732-4451. My Skype name is DLPolson.I also have chat available through Yahoo!, my user name is dlpolson001. I am generally available in the morning before noon and most evenings after 5 PM. My schedule is very open and flexible. However, I am a girl scout leader and our meetings are on Thursdays. Digital Natives and Immigrants is a topic that I feel is very important to educators. I am a great fan of Marc Prensky and Chris Dede. I agree with Dana that we may find some blending but I think we will also find that natives are more than willing to work with immigrants in an effort to promote understanding of the native world and to seek acceptance of their (native) needs. I am looking forward to this project. I think our biggest challenge will be to find the real differences between the learning styles of these groups in today's world. I think there will be a few surprises along the way especially in finding ways to educate the native on information highway security and what privacy may or may not mean.

//Hi Deb and others. This is Theresa and I am totally new at this so bear with me. It took me a good five minutes to figure out how to type something here so I'm a little slow. I was happy to see our topic for the Group Project. I am a Digital Immigrant but finding my way. I will never be able to compete with my 19 year old daughter, 16 year old son, or 11 year old step-daughter but I'm holding my own. All my computer skills and knowledge are self-taught. I like to jump in and figure things out (like this wiki).// //I work from home so am available most any time to chat. I'm on Facebook, too, if you want to chat sometime or leave me a message. E-mail is the most convenient way for me or the chat on Facebook. Don't have Skype, though.// //Challenges can include everyone doing their part which I don't think will be a problem with this group. Other than that, I think things should go smoothly.// //I'd like to see ethics as part of the presentation and how those have changed. Also, as Deb pointed out, privacy and security are two other topcs. Some of the differences between the two groups, I believe, include how information is processed once it is found (e.g., I like writiing things on paper and having a paper copy of an article on hand that I can highlight or mark up), how learning is approached, how problems are solved (persistance/working it through vs finding an immediate answer). Those are just some ideas I have.//

//**Hello Ladies: This is Lisa Godding, and this Wiki is totally new to me, and I am baffled by it.**// //**As with all of us, we all have very busy schedules and family obligations. I will do my best to keep up, and provide information need for our group project, which I am not a huge fan of. We seem to have a very positive attitude, and I know we can get together and do a great job. I have a helper here at my office who is excited to help.**// //**Our topic is very interesting, I believe. Challenges, don't see many...I just want to do my best!**//
 * Hi everyone, this is Cheri Gaydos and I am also new at using a Wiki. So far, I have found it to be relatively easy to navigate in. My schedule is pretty crazy between a full time job, two kids and a husband, church activities, etc. I'll be completely honest, I usually do most of my homework assignments either late at night or on the weekends (and usually the bulk of it on Sunday afternoon). I think I will love to communicate through our Wiki and any assignments I need to do for the group, I will be happy to complete. As far as setting up chat or phone calls, I'm probably not going to be very good with that (sorry, just being honest!). But if you tell me a week in advance what needs to be done, I will absolutely do my part by the following Sunday.**
 * I am excited that we got the topic about digital natives vs. digital immigrants, because this is something I've studied in some other classes, so I'm familiar with the topic. Also, this topic pertains directly to my work. I used to be a trainer for the company I work for, but had to take another position due to family obligations. As most of you know, there is always a mix of generations in any corporate training atmosphere. Once I complete my degree, I hope to get back into Learning and Performance at my company, hopefully writing curriculum. So, understanding the technology literacy of all generations and playing on those strengths to write curriculum is something I am very interested in.**