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Interesting videos about the digital native generation!

A series of videos inspired by "Born Digital"

A day in the life of a digital native. 

Digital Immigrants teaching Digital Natives.  How does that work?

Part 2 of the Prensky's 2001 articles on Digital Natives. This one focuses on scientific evidence to back up what he said in part one. It also includes this interesting quote about the attention span of digital natives, which seems to contradict other research on multi-tasking: "Their attention spans are  not short for games, for example, or for anything else that actually interests them. As a result of their experiences Digital Natives crave interactivity-an immediate response to their each and every action. Traditional schooling provides very little of this compared to the rest of their world (one study showed that students in class get to ask a question every 10 hours). So it generally isn't that Digital Natives can't pay attention, it's that they choose not to."

Rebuilding a university with the tools of technology. How will this proposed space function?

Prensky talks about the digital 'natives' and 'immigrants'

Heard this story on my way to school yesterday! Comcast attempts to narrow the digital divide.

Interesting blog post/graphic about how digital natives use technology and how they might be better suited to using new technologies (& mobile learning) then non-digital natives. Does this mean that non-digital natives are then less able to teach digital natives then digital natives would be?

This is a terrific quick review of the creative commons and copyright that might be helpful before the quiz tomorrow!

An interesting article about the divide between digital natives and non-natives

The article that (I think) coined the term "digital native."

An interesting commentary on what digital natives are doing with technology. It seems a little too optimistic, however, but the possibilities for positive enrichment for kids and teens with technology is compelling.

This is a great video about children asking if their teachers are prepared to teach them about technolgy 

Thanks Sharon, I thought that it was a great video too, and I liked the kids eyes and faces he made! haha I didn't even know he was pointing to a place in Canada, good job picking up on that !

Are we prepared to teach the "Digital Natives"? This is such a cute video I couldn't help but share. The young boy asks a very important question- are we preparing our students to enter the digital world?

This is a great article on what our students, the "Digital Natives" can teach us about technology! I have highlighted what I found to be the most interesting and insightful quotes from the article!

resource with videos, articles and publications about youth and the media

Awesome video on Education Today and Tomorrow created by a teacher in Henrico County!

Born digital. How play and learning go side by side.