The idea of digital natives is logical however I do not believe in it completely. I do think that is easier for someone who has grown up with technology to learn and adapt to new technology over someone who is new to technology in general. That idea has been brought up, discussed and proven over time. The idea that we have to overhaul teaching due to kids growing up with technology is too far for me. I did learn that we need to be more aware of students abilities and find new ways to utilize technology to increase students learning. In the article it just sounded as the solution to the new generation is to make everything into a game. In order to keep students engaged we need to find games for each subject, I do not think that is the answer. Life is not a game and if that is the only ways you can keep your students focused than you may need to rethink your career choice. While I do not personally buy into the digital natives concept completely it is impacting people in the work force. Many companies would rather hire new employees, such as engineers, who have been taught using the newest technology rather than train older higher salary workers. It is more cost effective for them to take the newer younger employee at entry salary than to train and retain an employee making far more. They would rather let the older employee go as mentioned by David Grebow. http://knowledgestarblog.wordpress.com/tag/digital-natives/ The idea of digital natives is one that makes sense but some of the extremes associated with it such as learning styles are not ones I can buy into just yet.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/04/business/digital-native-prensky
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/article/how-to/digital-natives-versus-immigrants
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