Digital+Natives

=Please read this article and answer the questions below:=



Perspective from a digital native:

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 * What is a digital native? What are typical behaviors of a digital native?**
 * A person born into the digital age and it is a part of their human instinct.


 * What is a digital immigrant? What are typical behaviors of a digital immigrant?**
 * A person not born into the digital age. Typical behaviors include neglect and denial.
 * Digital immigrants have a "digital accent" that makes them different than digital natives. When deciding how to answer this question our group first picked one "scribe" to add information to this wiki. Marguerite pointed out that this is an example of our digital accent and we decided to all take part in sharing ideas and scribing.


 * In your school setting, are your students natives or immigrants?**
 * Natives
 * The students at my school are generally native to technology, though there is still a population of students that do not have access to technology at home.


 * In your school setting, are your teachers natives or immigrants?**
 * Mostly immigrants. However, some younger teachers are natives.


 * Why should we adapt our teaching and learning to meet the needs of natives?**
 * It is essential for teachers to be able to meet the strongest learning skills/needs of their students.

Perspective from a digital immigrant:

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