"Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" By: Marc Prensky

Some things I understand: In the article by Prensky, I pretty much understood most of the article. I think that the article stresses the fact that our generation gap is affecting the way children learn today. The Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants theory is clever in going after the fact that people learn differently when comming from different generations of people. The decline in our education is a direct result in that the students know more about the technology than the teachers that are teching them. It is almost like a lack in power.

Some things I don't understand: I did'nt understand or grasp the fact that the article questioned if students should learn old ways or techers should learn new ways. The digital natives will not go backwards as stated in the article. People are learning new innovations everyday, i think teachers can learn the new digital age. As a country, we have grown so far and i think it is wrong of the digital immigrants to not learn the new digital age. They are teachers, they are constantly learning, they should keep up with then world around them!

Conections to text/ course themes: This connects with out course them in that teens and the media are how students are so digital savy. It is because of the media. Teens come home from school and go straight to the computer, it sad but true, and they are learning new things everyday!

Questions/ Comments: I enjoyed this article and thought that it was a good topic to look at! The digital age is here and in full speed and i think it is nessesary for all ages to learn more and keep up to date with the digital era!