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Thoughts on Digital Natives

As someone who grew up in the Caribbean, I had very little interaction with technology until I moved to the United States. Things like television, cell phones, and even running water and power were very limited as I grew up in the country side. When my family and I first migrated to this country, it was a culture shock for many reasons. However, I was surprised by the amount of technology that was readily available to everyone and how accessible it all seemed to be. 



Now, a digital native is described as someone who has grown up surrounded with technology and is able to utilize all sorts of technological devices (Prencky, 2001). As someone who had to immerse themselves and learn how to use many of the devices, I can now say that I would count as a digital a digital immigrant. Despite the fact that I did not grow with it from a young age, I think I am technologically fluent enough to be considered as part of the digital native group. However, the immigrant fits me more as When it comes to education, though, I am still a little apprehensive about how much we are using technology. I grew up in the traditional classroom and had little online learning adjustments to do until Covid happened. even with being technologically savvy, learning does have it's challenges. 

Now that we are aware of the digital native group of learners that exists, it will be essential to find ways of incorporating technology for learning. The problem is that it may not be the easiest thing as some topics have their limitations tech-wise and learning strategy does matter. 


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