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Los nativos digitales no existen, son los padres

En el Congreso Internacional sobre Redes Sociales, Comunica2 se reflexionará sobre quiénes son realmente los 'nativos digitales' . 25 y 26 de febrero 2016 en el @campusgandiaupv de la @UPV

Mark Prensky publicó en 2001 un artículo titulado Digital Natives, Digital Inmigrants, en el que hablaba de nativos digitales e inmigrantes digitales...

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Read and Reflect - “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants” by Marc Prensky

On a personal level, I like to always compare my generation (1984) to my sister (1994) since we are 10 years apart.  Yes, I might have been born into the video game generation, but I did not have access to a computer until around 1994 or 1995 and a cell phone until high school which classifies me as a digital immigrant.  I’m not sure if it is just me being a tech-lover, but anytime, for as far back as I can remember, when I was introduced to any form of new technology, I always wanted to figure out exactly how it worked, inside and out.  I think that’s the huge difference between my sister and me.  She knows exactly how to use her programs and websites, but has no interest in or need to know why and how the underlying technology works.  My sister has no idea what life was like without a cell phone or text messaging and insists on continuing to install the latest cupcake app into her smart phone whereas I’m more interested in how a cell phone or any other form of new technology can benefit me in everyday life.  For example, when I’m installing apps in my phone, I’m looking for perhaps a cheap gas locater or GPS program.

In Marc Prensky’s article, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, he refers to digital natives as ““native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet.”  These children, like my sister, have been born into technology and have no idea what life was like without a television, cell phone, video game system or computer. A question to consider is whether or not these “native” students truly understand what Prensky refers to as the digital language.  In other words, although these digital natives might have the skills to use the technologies that does not necessarily mean that they understand them.