Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
In this article, Marc Prensky emphasizes that the digital age is very affective towards students in classrooms. He emphasizes that students rely too much on technology. They have a hard time paying attention to lectures in classes. He says, "They are used to the instantaneity of hypertext, downloaded music, phones in their pockets, a library on their laptops, beamed messages and instant messaging. They've been networked most or all of their lives. They have little patience for lectures, step-by-step logic, and "tell-test" instruction."
His point is that the reason why students rely so much on technology is because technology is the new "text" when it comes to their education. Students prefer to use technology whereas their teachers prefer to actually verbally speak in classes. However, that has changed significantly. Older people have been learning how to use technology to their advantages. Prensky says, "Today's older folk were "socialized" differently from their kids, and are now in the process of learning a new language. And a language learned later in life, scientists tell us, goes into a different part of the brain."
I did not get confused while reading this article at all. I think it is very thorough and concise. So far, I cannot relate this reading to anything we have done in class yet.
One comment that I have to make is that there are some people out there still who refuse to accept technology. It is usually the ones who prefer to stay old-fashioned.
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I can see you are connecting with this piece but you seem to state the argument in the opposite way that Prensky intends it. You say, "He emphasizes that students rely too much on technology." But in fact, he says that teachers (and other digital natives) just don't draw on it enough! Look it over again and see if you can hear that in his article.
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