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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Marc Prensky defines the term "digital native" and applies it to a new group of students enrolling in educational establishments referring to the young generation as "native speakers" of the digital language of computers, videos, video games, social media and other sites on the internet.
Marc Prensky (born March 15, 1946, New York City, United States) is an American writer and speaker on education.He is best known as the creator of the terms "digital native" and "digital immigrant" [1] which he described in a 2001 article in On the Horizon.
Marc Prensky's notions of digital natives and digital immigrants [3] has had a lasting influence on how educational institutions perceive students and technology. However, Prensky's model has been challenged by other researchers who have debated its parameters. One of these new models is the V&R project. [2]
Marc Prensky (2001) uses the term "digital native" to describe people who have been brought up in a digital world. [29] The Internet has been a pervasive element of young people's home lives. 94% of kids reported that they had Internet access at home, and a significant majority (61%) had a high-speed connection.
Marc Prensky invented and popularized the terms digital natives and digital immigrants. A digital native is an individual born into the digital age who has used and applied digital skills from a young age, [ 59 ] whereas 'digital immigrant' refers to an individual who adopts technology later in life.
Pop star John Legend has urged people in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, to embrace the influx of Haitian immigrants — and their “new dietary preferences.”
The age gap contributes to the digital divide due to the fact that people born before 1983 did not grow up with the internet. According to Marc Prensky, people who fall into this age range are classified as "digital immigrants." [86] A digital immigrant is defined as "a person born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology."
Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives is a book by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser exploring the consequences of the wide availability of internet connectivity to the first generation of people born to it, whom Palfrey and Gasser refer to as "digital natives".