Blog #2 Digital Natives

What do you make of the (divergent) positions of Boyd and Prensky?  What do you hear each of them saying about who youth are?  Where do you stand on the “digital native” terminology?

• The divergent positions of Prensky and Boyd are:
• I hear Prensky saying that he believes that youth are digital natives. These digital native learners learn through technology naturally and he celebrates the young people's fluency in technology. Prensky believes that kids' brains are different from adult brains. 

• I hear Boyd saying that she believes that digital learners are not automatically masters of tech tools since they are natives of technology, they are not proficient in the world of technology. They deserve to be taught instead of assuming that they know more about technology than they do.

• "Digital natives" are youth who never knew life without technology. They are the young people who know about technology but may not be an expert with tech tools. On a spectrum, I am a tech immigrant, I come in between techno-traditionalist and techno-constructivist. I have learned so much about computers in the college setting with like-minded people. I feel as though I have a good grip on some technology and others I could use to take a class or two to gain some knowledge.