Digital Native or Digital Immigrant

Wow, our students today have never lived without the internet! Our educational system must change to teach this new generation of students. Technology has always been a part of their lives. Therefore, students today think and process information differently. I find it quite interesting that as a digital immigrant, my brain may be different from my students' brains as a result of how differently we grew up. Since digital natives were born into a digital world, they speak a digital language. As a digital immigrant, I must learn their language. Digital natives prefer graphics to learn while digital immigrants prefer slow, step by step learning. This is so true! As digital immigrant teachers we have to realize that students today learn differently and as digital immigrant educators we must learn the new and even let our students help us learn.