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Perceptions of Teacher Technology Skills

I have written about the concept of digital natives in previous posts. My assertion was that although sound in concept, the term digital native could raise some misperceptions. I have met many people for whom English is a second language who speak the language very fluently and competently. I have also met many who grew…

Digital Native Reevaluated

There is a common line of thinking that students have an inherent advantage to teachers when it comes to the use of technology (Prensky, 2010). Prensky (2010) coined the terms digital native and digital immigrant. The term digital native refers to those who grow up exposed to technology. Conversely, a digital immigrant has not grown…