Digitial natives, aslo referred to as Digital Immigrants, are defined as "Those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, at some later point in our lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology are, and always will be compared to them."
For Net Gen/21st Century learners, we were born into a world of technology and gadgets and we are familiar with the latest versions of games, software, etc. We can pick up on it because we have been using technology since we were born. It is an important part of our everyday life. We rely on it and depend on it. In contrast, digital natives do not rely on technology as much. They are more old fashion.
Digital natives and net gen/21st century learners, learn very differently. As stated in the reading, one of education's biggest problems today is that teachers are stuck in their old fashioned way of teaching because most of them are digital natives. However, the students that they are teaching are net gen/21st cent learners and learn in a completely different manner than they are being taught in. Teachers and students are not clicking and do not have an understanding of one another because advances in technology has formed a gap between them. Unfortunately, some teachers are not willing to adapt their teaching and keep up with the latest ways to motivate and engage their students, but causes a problem.
It is important for teachers to remember that the net gen/21st cent learners are used to having everything at their fingertips with the internet, electronics and technology so they thrive from instant gratification and frequent rewards. Technology has made it so easy to retrieve information and answers almost immediately when they are needed and that is what students today are used to, even us college students.
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