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
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