Digital Natives versus Digital immigrants
Prensky says teaching needs to change to include these advancements in order to help these students be able to learn properly. Kirschner on the other hand disagrees with Prensky's findings. He talks about how being "digitally native" doesn't means one is "digitally literate". When he says this I think he is saying just because someone grew up with technology does not mean they have skills or the ability to learn efficiently through technology. This person may know how to navigate through social media and games, but they may not know how to properly communicate and work online. I think they are both right in their findings. I have personally seen the difference in those who know how to use technology and those who don't and I think it is good to implement technology in learning, but only to a certain extent where students don't rely on internet exclusively to learn.
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