Prensky’s/Kirschner Resear

 1. Voice to Prensky, what is the immigrant/native divide, and how has it affected how students learn? 

    According to Prensky, the immigrant/native divide is the disconnect between the Newer generation of young Native Americans and immigrants having a disconnect from the older generation regarding learning and schooling. Prensky states that both digital Immigrants and natives were born from a saturated world, and it is therefore naturally integrated within the way that they think and learn. The disconnect comes from how these digital native and immigrants are taught within an academic setting. Most newer generations want a fast-paced rich learning media tool that could help build real world learning experiences, however Many of these classes are still being taught by the older generation where the teaching is outdated and rather than having fast pace, learning topics or medias, they stick to a Lecture based learning Curriculum, and thus many students have felt disengaged or even misunderstood and are hesitant to even learn because there is not been steps to match there new world style of learning. This is cause a huge disconnect in newer generations of digital immigrants and natives learning rather than moving forward with the times many of these courses and classes stick to a one size fits all regimen and does not include students who may not learn that way, nor does it Appeal to the younger audience, therefore making learning more of a hassle rather than something fun and important. 

2. Kirschner some of the myths associated with Prensky's findings. One of the myths he discusses is that being a 'digital native' doesn't necessarily mean one is 'digitally literate.'’ What does she mean? 

I believe what Kirschner meant by being a digital native does not necessarily mean one is digitally literate is that just because a child grew up Online  does not mean, they understand how to use it within its full capacity nor how to use it in its intended or even correct path. The other argues that just because one is surrounded by technology throughout their life, does not mean they have been properly taught how to best handle themselves properly online nor the safety that comes with it. Children often lack the brain capacity to truly understand the implications of what they are doing or whether or not what they are doing online is correct without some sort of guidance. Just because one is more digitally exposed than Another it does not mean that they are digitally competent. Many students often have Online experiences within social media texting and online video games however this does not translate into academic experience Such as research and therefore puts these students at a disadvantage because they were never taught How to properly use the Internet In an academic setting. When teachers or professors automatically assume that their students are competent, they are putting them at a disadvantage, Assuming all are experts and properly educated many often neglect or don’t teach digital competency or skills, Leading to more of their students getting hurt or even getting in trouble when doing things such as crediting a source or data privacy. Ultimately, what the author meant is that trusting students to be Digitally literate and not going through the proper forms of teaching is putting their students at a disadvantage due to the fact that they are not properly educated What to do in certain academic or real life situations.

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Prensky, Marc. From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning. Corwin, 2012.

Kirschner, Paul A., and Pedro De Bruyckere. “The Myths of the Digital Native and the Multitasker.” Teaching and Teacher Education, vol. 67, 2017, pp. 135–142.