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Paragraph 5: "Our students today are all "native speakers" of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet."

Paragraph 6: "Digital Immigrants learn...to adapt to their environment, they always retain, to some degree, their "accent..."

Paragraph 7 and 8 (examples): 1. turning to internet 2nd, instead of 1st 2. reading the manual for a program instead of learning by playing 3. Printing emails 4. Printing documents to edit them 5. bringing people into your space to view screen 6. "did you get my email?" phone call

Paragraph 9: "...our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language...are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language."

Paragraph 11 (examples Digital Natives): 1. receive information really fast 2. parallel process and multi-task 3. prefer graphics before text 4. random access (hypertext) 5. function best networked 6. thrive on instant gratification and reward 7. prefer games than serious work

Paragraph 14: "[Digital Natives] are used to the instantaneity of hypertext, downloaded music, phones in their pockets, a library on their laptops, beamed messages and instant messaging. They've been networked most or all of their lives. They have little patience for lectures, step-by-step logic, and "tell-test" instruction."

Paragraph 15: "Digital Immigrant instructors make their education not worth paying attention to compared to everything else they experience - and then they blame them for not paying attention!"