Week 8 - Website 1

This 1st website speaks of how digital natives find it much easier to adapt to digital media as it is within their very brains than digital immigrants, who are usually older.

It speaks of the differents in habits between the two groups, for example, digital natives will do things digitally because they understand it to be the easiest, quickest way to do things, but digital immigrants will choose more traditional formats even though the more advanced technology is available.

However, there is an argument that even though this younger generation of digital natives may be more adept to digital technology, it is still valid that they also should learn by traditional methods as this can enhance their knowledge and allow them to us digital technology to the highest efficiency. But teachers, etc should also acknowledge that these natives will learn primarily from digital sources and therefore the educators should also be trained to use the digital media.

This article is useful as it provides lots of different arguments which are backed up with relevant examples and theory alike. It is easy to read, but the language is academic enough to encourage the reader to think about new points of view. It is relatively up to date, but with the everchanging digital media, in terms of technological advances it could probably be considered slightly out of date. The writer even acknowledges the rapid pace of change with regards to digital media.