What Makes a Digital Native?
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What Makes a Digital Native?
For starters, they take technology for granted, says author Marc Prensky.
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Review
The phrase "digital native" connotes a mastery of and facility with digital tools which most young people lack--they are adept as digital consumers, but that largely implies an extreme susceptibility to the manipulations of advertisers. Mastery should mean having a depth of understanding and a historical perspective on the thing mastered, and facility should mean having the skills, tools, and motivation to create in the digital landscape. While many youth are adept, as a generation the digital consumers need lots of helpful context-framing and coaching from all kinds of immigrants.
The phrase "digital native" connotes a mastery of and facility with digital tools which most young people lack--they are adept as digital consumers, but that largely implies an extreme susceptibility to the manipulations of advertisers. Mastery should mean having a depth of understanding and a historical perspective on the thing mastered, and facility should mean having the skills, tools, and motivation to create in the digital landscape. While many youth are adept, as a generation the digital consumers need lots of helpful context-framing and coaching from all kinds of immigrants.