ED4134 Reflection on Prensky,M.(2001) Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants

I thought this artical a little harsh on we baby boomers who are technologically neglected. The bias of Prensky is obvious towards technology and technology savvy operators ( he is a computer games designer) . He does however make a few valid points, the major one being that we should be teaching students in a "language " that they can understand and feel comfortable with.As a overtly obvoius digital immigrant I though it a valid point in comparing teaching the digital natives using old technology with teaching children who speak a foreign language in a language they do not understand. It would be pointless. Marc points out quite rightly that teachers should study the next generation and see how they communicate and learn and style their methods of teaching or information gathering and dissemination to the student’s way of thinking. Involving the students in their learning and model methods in the classroom in order to present a subject in ways in which children gather other information. Eg the Pokomon phenomenon is a good example. We need a total rethink on how teachers present their lessons in the classroom by using the tools and methods that digital natives use in their everyday life to network gossip and stay in tuned with the world around them. Then and only then can the education system seem relevant to the students and keep them interested and focused on learning...