Digital+Natives

====__**Digital Native**__ **-**Any person who was born during or after the launch of digital technology. Essentially, if you have grown up playing with video games, computers, cell phones, etc. you would be considered a digital native. A digital immigrant is an individual conceived prior to the implementation of technology. The significance of the contrasting groups is that the natives are more apt to take advantage of the prospects that have arisen due to the====

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 * In education we see some conflict with having digital native students and having "Digital Immigrants" (people who were born before the time of digital technology). The children are sometimes forced not to use a calculator, use a "real" dictionary, or need to have book sources. This might be caused by the view that the digital immigrants having on today's students. They feel like they need to limit them because they didn't have computers back then and had to "do it the old fashion way." This is creating a separation between the teacher and student right off the bat, because the child will then go home where they are surrounded by technology again. This back and forth of technology to limited technology is problematic in the education world. This is also see at home between the parents and children. Parents see the kids using phones, computers, and video games all the time, claiming that their child is addicted to technology. Also showing opposite views between the digital natives and digital immigrants.**

Digital natives are people who have grown up and been immersed in a technological and computing environment. These people are at ease with many technologies, and may be more knowledgeable on the subject than any generation before them. Because of this, technology is a big part of their academic and personal lives. This generation will also grow up with different skills that will be developed through using so many technologies in their academics. With information at the click of a button, digital natives are able to easily access different media and writings allowing them access to all sorts of facts, stories, and information for all sorts of interests. Global interaction is another perk of a digital native's life, since they are able to work with people around the world. They are used to this sort of relationship, since they have been able to use this resource all of their lives. With the ability to use different technologies, some students will show enhanced literacy skills, language acquisition, and hand eye coordination skills.