Digital natives are people who have grown up with digital technology already existing and readily available to them. They have constant access to video games, social media, computers, cell phones, MP3 players, and the internet. To effectively teach digital learners, educators must creatively incorporate technology into the classroom to engage students accustomed to learning with digital tools.

1. Digital Natives
What are they and how do
they learn?

2. What is a digital native?
“A digital native is a
person for whom digital
technologies already
existed when they were
born and hence has grown
up with digital
technology...”
-Wikipedia

3. What do digital natives have at their
fingertips?
Video games
Social networking
Computers
Cell phones and MP3 players
Internet

4. Impact On Learning
To effectively “hook” the digital learner, we must
creatively use technology in the classroom.