Digital natives are native speakers of the digital language who have grown up surrounded by technology and are used to receiving information very quickly. Digital immigrants are those who were not born into the digital world but have adopted certain aspects of the new technology. The document discusses how digital natives and digital immigrants think differently due to their varied experiences and how educators, who are typically digital immigrants, need to learn the language and style of the digital native students in order to effectively teach them.

1. DIGITAL NATIVES, DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS
MARC PRENSKY
Fabiano Silvestre Ramos

2. THINKING
PATTERN
has changed due to
different experiences
DIGITAL NATIVES: Native
speakers of the digital language
of computers

3. PROBLEM
DIGITAL
DIGITAL IMMIGRANT
NATIVE
INSTRUCTORS
STUDENTS
OUTDATED LANGUAGE
USED TO RECEIVING
INFORMATION REALLY FAST

4. Is learning involved in both scenarios?

5. WWW.HUNGRY.CO
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Every time I go to
school I have to power
down.

6. “Digital Immigrants typicaly have very little
appreciation for these new skills that the
natives have acquired and perfected
through years of interaction and practice.”
(p. 2)

7. DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS think
 learning can’t (or shouldn’t) be
fun
TEACHERS’ BELIEFS
RELATED TO THEIR
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES
AS STUDENTS

8. SHOULD THE DIGITAL NATIVE
STUDENTS LEARN THE OLD
WAYS, OR SHOULD THEIR
DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS
EDUCATORS LEARN THE
NEW?
WE NEED TO It is unlikely the
RECONSIDER BOTH Digital Natives will
OUR METHODOLOGY
AND OUR CONTENT
go backwards

9.  TODAY’S TEACHERS HAVE TO LEARN TO
COMMUNICATE IN THE LANGUAGE AND STYLE
OF THEIR STUDENTS
LEGACY FUTURE
CONTENT CONTENT
WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO TEACH BOTH
LEGACY AND FUTURE CONTENT IN THE LANGUAGE OF
DIGITAL NATIVES

10. KEYWORDS: Changes in communication
Before we take advantage
of technology we have to
change pedagogy
ROLE OF STUDENTS:
ROLE OF TEACHERS
USE THE TECHNOLOGY
PROVIDE QUALITY CONTROL

11. DIGITAL WISDOM: means
to use the brain for what it
does well. We can enhance
it with te help of technology