Talk:Digital native/Archives/2014

Rushkoff and Barlow

Prensky didn't come up with the theory, as he acknowledges here: (link) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.29.52.220 (talk) 00:14, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Just a reminder, there isn't an actual theory of "digital nativeness", it's just a term. Da9iel (talk) 18:11, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

Discourse

Is this area necessary or does it contribute anything at all? The third paragraph at the very least seems to be sensationalist and very biased, in addition to making very little sense, and should probably be removed. 24.68.158.159 (talk) 06:51, 14 September 2009 (UTC)24.68.158.159

I'd agree with taking out the third paragraph; it isn't supported at all. But I think there should be a section for the opposing viewpoints and criticisms with sources like in the second paragraph. Take a look at the criticism section in Constructivism (learning theory). This has lots of sources and extensive criticism (and responses to criticism) because the research isn't clear cut. This article doesn't need anything quite that big, but something for balance would be good. WeisheitSuchen (talk) 11:26, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

The Discourse section definitely needs a clean-up. Unfortunately, I don't have journal access. There are citations available at the Mark Prensky page in the Criticisms section. Unfortunately, I can't in good conscience cite something I haven't read and I don't have journal access. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:33D0:EF40:852F:18E:16A2:B7BB (talk) 15:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Additionally, a lot of the conflict in the Discourse section seems to stem from a false dichotomy between natives and immigrants. Natives and immigrants are discussed to death, but what of the settlers? For instance, paragraph two:

"The term digital immigrant overlooks the fact that many people born before the digital age were the inventors, designers, developers and first users of digital technology and in this sense could be regarded as the original 'natives'"

According to my reading of the article, these people are settlers - not immigrants. The article defines settlers as people who "grew up in an analog-only world, they have helped to create and shape the digital worlds contours." Thus, the "inventors, designers, and first users of digital technology" would be settlers, not natives

I know we all love a good debate but c'mon guys, there's no need for it here.

JamesOpenshaw (talk) 01:52, 8 December 2014 (UTC)