Prensky defines digital natives as those born into an innate "new culture" while the digital immigrants are old-world settlers, who have lived in the analogue age and immigrated to the digital world.
Digital Immigrants are those born prior to 1980. According to the definition by Mark Prensky, these are the people who grew up reading newspapers, playing board games and cards, know what a record is, and watched the news and weather on television.
Digital Law encompasses a wide range of legal areas - it typically refers to traditional legal areas that have been revitalized with the internet and social media.
Digital identity is all the online information and data specifically about an individual.
Digital identity is made up of elements that fall into four categories (source: Lionel Maurel / Fadhila Brahimi):
Authentication elements: identification number, IP address, email address, user name, password, last name, first name, alias, etc.
Data: personal, administrative, banking, occupational, social data, etc.
Identifiers: photograph, avatar, logo, image, etc.
Digital traces: contributions to blogs and other content management systems, links, etc.
Digital literacy is more than knowing how to send a text or watch a
music video. It means having the knowledge and ability to use a range of
technology tools for varied purposes.