2 April 2014
by Aisha
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The ‘digital natives’ meme is extraordinarily pervasive. The term has now been around for almost 15 years and has been substantially critiqued and yet is still in use. For example, today I am due to speak at an event and … Continue reading
20 February 2014
by Aisha
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I have written elsewhere about White and Le Cornu’s (2011) metaphor of digital residents and visitors. The metaphor is reiterated by people such as Gavin Dudeney (for example http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/seminars/digital-literacy) and is used to categorise people into two groups: those who … Continue reading
12 December 2013
by Aisha
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About a month ago there were a few news reports about young people and online privacy such and “Children’s internet use survey offers warning to parents” from the Guardian; “Young net users engage in ‘risky’ behaviour” from BBC News or … Continue reading
17 June 2013
by Aisha
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It seems that there is an irresistible urge to categorise people as ‘techies’ or ‘non-techies’. The best-known of these dichotomies is Prensky’s ‘Digital Natives’ vs ‘Digital Immigrants’ (Prensky 2001a, 2001b). Prensky’s argument was that today’s children and young people are … Continue reading
20 May 2013
by Aisha
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Today’s children are often described as ‘digital natives’ or ‘the net generation’ having grown up with digital devices: laptops; netbooks; Xboxes; Nintendo; Wiis; iPads/Pods/Phones; smartphones; Kindles… Intuitively this rings true as many people have seen babies and toddlers playing with … Continue reading