Portriate of a Digital Native

Today, students are used to multitasking and working with different technological tools. This is something that we as teachers must be aware of. I know there are many teachers who have been in the field forever, and they think that all of this technology is bad, or getting in the way of teaching their students. Rather they should hear what this article has stated about students and their use of media. They said that students who use media the most also spent more time with friends, family and other activities. It is important that they realize that when students use the internet they aren't always using the computer and all of its resources innapropriately. The kids using the computers seem to be pretty bright and social beings. When talking about constantly being surrounded by technology, a student, Meredith Fear, says it exactly right: "It's they way we've all come to be raised." This is so true! Like Marc Prensky, the created of the term Digital Native said, "they've had digital technology surrounding them from the time t hey were infants." This is the world that kids today know. It's not their fault, it's just how it is, and teachers need to train themselves to work in the technological evnironment that their students have grown up in.