Digital Native or Immigrant?

It was no surprise to me that I classified myself as a digital immigrant. While taking the quiz I was familiar with a lot of the terms but for many of them I guessed on definitions or only got them half correct. For instance; I instant message (IM) all the time and on a daily basis but when I download higher versions of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) its not uncommon for me to get frustrated with simply trying to find out how to set up an away message. My first experience with blogs happened this semester. Again I was familiar with the term but the idea and the actual technology scared me a little. Even now I only type and publish...that's it nothing fancy or over the top. I've added to a wiki but have never actually set one up myself. My TE 301 class required the creation of a Wiki for a massive project. I was able to play around with it and add to it and "make it pretty" but I didn't explore it too much. I would say I am definately an emergent digital literacy learner. I have interest and can get my way through some of the topics but slowly and I get easily frustrated if there isn't a step by step how to. Much like the emergent stage in literacy where students are familiar and interested but its not quite clicking yet.
In chapter 1 of the Tompkins book there is a subtitle under principle 3 called Characteristics of Classroom Communities. I think that all of these characteristics apply to any type of literacy. If I want to become better at technology I need to explore more and take responsibility for my own advances in the topic. All my classes have provided opportunities for advancement such as my Wiki assignment in TE 301 and the blogging requirements for 2 of my classes this semester as well as the New Literacies Project for TE 401. These are just a few of the ways that our own classroom community is being formed within the Literacy section of 401.
To sum up I think that becoming Native to digital literacy is not out of reach for me. This is especially because I have so many opportunities to practice it in the classroom.