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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants:

Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap

Pre-reading
Read the title and the Introduction (paragraphs 1-3).

1. According to Prensky, who does each part of the analogy (in paragraph 1) refer
to?
1. Digital Natives: Students

2. Digital Immigrants: Teachers

(6 points)

2. The author thinks of himself as more of a digital native than a digital immigrant.
Support this statement by referring to the text.

I am a bit older than the generation that Prensky describes, but like
that generation, I spent a lot of time watching television and playing
video games, and I have assimilated into the digital age relatively
easily.

(9 points)

3. What two points will the author discuss?

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 1. To consider the implications of Prensky’s analogy.

2. To consider whether it is justified to radically change the way we view

teaching and learning.

(6 points)

Key Vocabulary

4. This text discusses Prensky’s analogy between immigrants and native born
people and technology. Words and phrases related to immigration and
technology are listed below. Make sure you know the meaning of each.

Put a check () to show whether they relate to immigration/ technology or

both.

Immigration Technology
an accent V
digital age V
cultural gap V
linguistic gap V
random access V V
software V
hardware V
advanced search V
illiterate V
to assimilate V
discussion forum V
adjustments V
communities V

(4 pts)

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Close Reading

Read “Bridging the Gap: New Technologies, New Languages” (paragraphs 4-

7).

5 a. What mistake are teachers making, according to Prensky?

Digital Immigrants are attempting to teach the Digital Natives with

methods that are no longer valid.

b. List three of the solutions that Prensky suggests.

1. That today's teachers learn the language of the Natives, speed up instruction.
2. To provide "random access”. a new way of looking at educational conte.
3. The use of edutainment. to invent computer games to do the job, even for the
most serious content.

(9 points)

Read “A Counterargument” (paragraphs 8-15).

6. What does the example in paragraph 8 illustrate?

The example illustrate the yet even if we believe that Digital Natives think and learn
differently than older generations, we may be doing them harm to de-emphasize
content such as reading, writing, and logical thinking.
(6 points)

7. What is the purpose of the questions in paragraph 10?

The purpose of the questions is to stimulate critical thinking and to say that not all
young students meet Fransky's definition of digital natives and in line with the

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learning program. Although they are exposed to the technology information, there is
still a need for teaching and learning basic traditional skills, and there are
demographic differences between the students.
(6 points)

8. According to the author, digital natives are able to learn through traditional
teaching methods.

Support this statement with a quote from the text.

Their ability to use new technology does not mean that they are illiterate or
unresponsive to traditional forms of teaching and learning.

(6 points)

9 a. Does the author believe that students learn best from teachers? Put a () next
to your answer.

_____YES __V__ NO

b. Support your answer by referring to the text.

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I do not believe students learn from computers or teachers, although this has been a
traditional assumption of most schooling. Rather, students learn from thinking in
meaningful ways. Thinking happens through activities, which can be delivered by
computers or teachers.

(9 points)

10. List two ways in which the author agrees with Prensky.

1. I believe that students are changing, as are the times, and that these changes
call for different approaches to teaching and learning.

2. Digital Immigrants must learn to speak a new language in order to be

effective teachers.

.List two ways in which the author disagrees with Prensky

with the types of changes that Prensky proposes .1

with the idea that Digital Immigrants must learn to speak a new .2
.language in order to be effective teachers

(8 points)

Read “A final point” (paragraphs 16-19).

11 a. What does “this claim’ (paragraph 17) refer to?

Soon enough, colleagues from the Digital Native generation will join such
communities and be able to succeed without any short videos or flashy animations.

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 b. How does the writer support this claim?

The writer support this claim, one can search the Web for discussion groups targeted
at video game players. You will find that members of those communities teach and
learn their favorite video games in much the same way that we teach and learn
education and technology: through discussion. The very fact that the Digital Natives
are forming such communities shows us that their cognitive processes are much the
same as our own.

(8 points)

12. List three goals of good teaching according to the author.

1. The rapid pace of change is undeniable, such change will be amazingly

adaptable.

2. Good teaching is being aware and using learners' interests.

3. Good teaching also aims to improve students' ability to use higher-order

thinking at the same time that it recognizes differences of leaner’s abilities
and needs.
4.

(6 points)

13a. The author’s main conclusion is that

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 a. Students today cannot learn from traditional methods because the structure
of their brains has changed.

b. Although teaching methods need to be adapted to modern technology,

students can still learn from traditional methods.

c. The major cause of the decline of education in the U.S. is the gap between
Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants.

d. Students today cannot learn through traditional methods because these

methods are irrelevant and outdated.

b. Support your answer by referring to ideas and examples in the text.

I found that while most of my younger students were able to use the Web/Internet,
they could not perform advanced searches or evaluate the validity of the resources
they found.
(9 points)

Post Reading. Answer in English.

14. After you have read this article, who do you agree with; the author or
Prensky? Put a () next to your answer.

__v___the author _____Prensky

Explain your answer in English and refer to the text.

The Internet is an essential tool for our time, so teachers cannot do without it,
because it has become one of the basics in the field of study. educators will need
to learn to combine the Internet with the rest of their teaching

(8 points)

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