Students of today have spent their entire life surrounded by computers, video games, the internet and digital music. I really like the name of Digital Natives. I am not a Digital native but am fascinated by the connection we have with the world around us.
I do learn differently from my kids but I am open to new things.
Reading Prensky's (2001) artice I found out I am what you call a Digitial Immigrant. I do not agree however, that students cannot learn successfully while watching TV or listeing to music because I cannot. I know they can because all people learn in a different way and that is one way. Sometimes I can concentrate better with some background noise and sometimes I cannot. I have seen that way of learning from my own children.
I am interested in coming up with ways to help my students learn but I think we can learn together. Coming up with ideas that are relative to their connection to their world is important to them. Children need to be engaged or they will not participate.
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf
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