Who is a Digital Native? (Monday 6/28)
What is a Digital Native? Who is a Digital Native? Does this framing make sense? Does it aid understanding of todays world or does it harm the reality of today's youth? The Question: What do you make of the (divergent) positions of Boyd and Prensky? Where do you stand on the “digital native” terminology? Prensky: Prensky believes that based that age determines experience and proficiency with technology. He characterizes individuals from older generations as "Digital Immigrants" and individuals from recent generations as "Digital Natives." For his time, Prensky brought into discussion what it means to grow up in a technologically advanced world and how this impacts development, thought process, productivity and communication. Boyd: Boyd unpacks and writes in conversation with Prensky's thinking. Boyd, however, sees the categorization of "Native" and "Immigrant" as being problematic, for many reasons, one of which being the assumptio...

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