Digital And Digital Immigrants By Marc Presky - 1668 Words

The article â€Å"Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants by Marc Presky, appears in the book On the Horizon. The article asserts that due to the the anacrusis of the digital age, this generation has changed dramatically, thus, it is no longer possible to reach them through obsolete teaching methods, as it comes close to teaching them in a foreign language. In order to solve this issue, Presky suggests that we need to update our methodology in order to fit today’s needs better. In the beginning of the article, Prensky implies that student have changed dramatically, thus, are no longer the correct audience for our education system. He goes on by explaining that this change is not exactly a diversification, as in clothes, slang or the†¦show more content†¦Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. Page. 2 - 2001), as he emphasises it. To furthermore clarify this term, he names many examples such as â€Å"bringing people physically into your office to see an interesting web site† (Prensky, Mark. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. Page. 2 - 2001) instead of â€Å"sending them an email† (Prensky, Mark. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. Page. 2 - 2001). Prensky complicates this matter when he embeds it into school routine. He endorses that to digital natives it feels like they are being taught by foreigners who have no wrap their head around English language yet. However, this is a dilemma that only starts, rather than ends, at the lack of communication. By introducing another example, he disputes that there is also a quarrel in the way of thinking in general. Digital natives, for example, believe that studying should be fun and could easily be done, while, for example, watching TV. This Digital Immigrants, however, deny up to this day; simply because they were not capable of doing all those things, while they were young. He then reminds us that, in spite of prevailing belief, one cannot simply presume that students function the same way their teachers did when they were in school. As a result of this, he enters the debate whether â€Å"students should go back to their old ways or if teachers should have to learn this new language† (Prensky, Mark. Digital Natives, Digital