home



Welcome!!!!
===Over the last several years, the term “digital native” has warranted special attention from Educators around the world, struggling to keep up with students whose lives are permeated by technology. In his article, [|"Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants"], Marc Prensky states that today’s average college grads have spent over 10 000 hours of their lives playing video games, and only 5000 hours reading. (1) This statement represents the shift that has taken place from traditional forms of education, communication, and entertainment, to newer technologies like the Internet, cell phones, video games, and “all the other toys and tools of the digital age” (Prensky, 1). According to Prensky, “digital natives” refers to the first generations to grow up with technology. They are those who “speak the language” of the digital age. (1) Digital natives are in contrast to digital immigrants; those who did not grow up with the technology, but who have in many ways adapted to their new digital environment. (2)  === ​ media type="custom" key="5238955"

 ===Many issues arise when considering the digital native phenomenon and its impact on Educational methods. How can educators (who are also digital immigrants) accommodate and incorporate new technologies into their classrooms in ways that will satisfy their digital native students? There are many possible answers to this question; in fact, too many to tackle in one Wiki. The purpose of this Wiki will be to examine one particular issue within the broader issue of education and the Digital Native: the persistence of cultural diversity and transnationalism among digital natives through the assistance of technology. More advanced and available communicative technologies like cell phones, instant messaging, e-mail, and the Internet have made it much easier for first and second generation immigrant students to maintain cultural ties with their homeland, thus bolstering cultural diversity within the classroom. In classes like social studies, which encourages cultural diversity, these communicative tools can assist students in their linkages to other cultures.  ===