Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants

 According to Prensky, what category do you fall into, and how has this affected your learning?

    In his paper Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Marc Prensky explains what each of those terms mean. I most definitely fall under the first term, digital native. A digital native is someone who grew up with technology and never had to adapt to technology coming out. I fall under this term since I was born in 2003 when many types of electronic technology existed. Being born in this time has affected how I've learned since technology played an important role in my learning. For instance, I was using iPads in school as early as third grade. Most paper assignments were also replaced with digital assignments that would be submitted online. I think being a digital native has increased my learning ability since I can find information easily. I don't have to go looking in textbooks but instead do a quick Google search and find what I'm looking for. Being a digital native also has had somewhat of a negative impact on my learning as well. I have bad handwriting that I think can be somewhat attributed to typing more than having to handwrite.  

What are some other myths Kirschner associated with Prensky's findings from 2001?

    Prensky's ideas on digital natives and digital immigrants were shown to be flawed by Paul Kirschner. One myth that Kirschner brought up in his paper is that there is no such thing as a digital native. He said this reasoning that a student is not "informational skilled" only for the fact that they were born in a digital world. Another myth brought up in the paper is that all students will be skilled in technology. A myth brought up that I have noticed myself is that digital natives can multitask well. I've found that other than listening to music while working, I'm not a good multitasker even though I'm a digital native. 

Sources:

“Comments on Marc Prensky’s Article ‘Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.’” Comments on Marc Prensky’s Article “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants,” 11 Dec. 2015, innovsmslu.blogspot.com/2015/11/normal-0-false-false-false-ru-x-none-x.html.

Flaherty, Casey. “The Myths of the Digital Native (Part 1).” 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, 6 Mar. 2018, www.geeklawblog.com/2015/10/the-myths-of-digital-native-part-1.html.

Kirschner, Paul  A. “The Myths of the Digital Native and the Multitasker.” Teaching and Teacher Education, Pergamon, 15 June 2017, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0742051X16306692.

Prensky, Marc. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Oct. 2001, marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf.