Week 8 - Website 3

This article focuses on how digital media affects learning and education.

It goes into detail explaining the metaphor that is digital natives and immigrants which (as I'm sure everyone reading this blog is aware) refers to one's ability to adapt to/learn about/use/understand digital media. This includes video games, text messages, internet - IM, e-mail, etc, etc.

It states that youth's learning style is very different to that of previous generations. It is suggested that digital natives like to learn in a more random style with lots of things being thrown at them at once, rather than the liner, structured format of their parents and elders.
I believe this is true, as a digital native, I know I need lots of things to keep me alert and interested in a topic, which backs up the suggestion that digital natives are visually stimulated.

The article is very pro getting digital immigrants involved in digital media and learning from their children rather than trying to force/expect their children to learn in the same way they did. I think this is very true. Immigrants are obviousy going to find it difficult just as we would learning a new language) but I think it's very important they try as all the 'old' media is starting to die out and become less and less, then they'll be forced to just cope with it. Rather than now where they are being given the choice to gradually move with it and progress with it.

This article seems pretty up to date with recent examples. The language is easy to read and process, with short paragraphs just giving information we need to know.... perhaps it is aimed at digital natives?