Website Critisms.

1. 'Open Education'.
This article is difficult to criticize in terms of up-to-dateness because it seems to be very up-to-date, being a site based on 'free education for ALL'.
It has articles based on new terminology, technological discoveries and mostly to do with school and educational subjects.
It certainly practices what it preaches as it is based on education, and for ALL members of the public, the writing style and language isn't too academically complex and the usability is easy for a basic site with simple navigation.

http://www.openeducation.net/2008/09/22/digital-immigrants-teaching-the-net-generation-much-ado-about-nothing/

2. 'Dawn of the digital natives'.
This article comes from www.guardian.co.uk and is, again, very simple in terms of usability for most users, but could baffle certain 'Digital Immigrants' with being so complicated as there is so much going on in the screen(pictures, writing, sections, colours, links, ect), and then even more when the user scrolls down.
It's up-to-dateness is very reasonable from a user's point of view, as everything recent and new happening in the world, from movies to politics, is somewhere in this site, whether it be in the form of a video or an article.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/07/internet.literacy

3. 'Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap'
This article is from the The Technology Source Archives at the University of North Carolina and is very compatible for people considered 'Digitally Immigrant' because the usability is very simple with the home page containing some information and history on the website and a simple-to-use archive search engine.
On practicing what it preaches, however, it is not so 'Digitally Native'. On typing 'Digital Native' into the search bar, it gave me essay after essay on the 'digital age' and other sorts but no essay 'found' the words 'digital native', accept the essay i used for research.. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants:
Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap. So i criticize the website for not being so 'Digitally Native', but preaching of what it is.

http://technologysource.org/article/digital_natives_digital_immigrants/

4. 'Digital Natives, Online Learning, and the Production of Capable Computer Science Graduates: The Case for Virtual Synchronous Learning Activities'
This page comes from the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society which contains newsletter, journals, articles, ect and i find it's up-to-dateness very true because it 'creates a place for the publication of innovative theories and practices relating technology to society.' It uses many of the new terminology within its reading (including the 'Digital Natives') and its usability quite simple aswell.

http://ijt.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.42/prod.493

5. 'Where are the Digital Natives?'
This article was found on the Future Buzz website which is about all new things to do with new technology and its effects with society. So top marks for up-to-dateness.
It deals with very new and contemporary issues such as 'Mitch Joel argues print is not dead. Perhaps not yet - but it is mortally wounded.' and some more topics which i found very relative and helpful (if i had discovered this site sooner!) for this unit in particular.
So as for its usability, i shall perhaps be referencing this site in future essays!

http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/08/31/where-are-the-digital-natives/