Defining+the+Digital+Student

The Digital Student is today's learner. As students grow and develop they are immersed in technologies at a very young age. In, Marc Prensky's (2001) coined the phrase //[|The Digital Immigrant] //[| and the] //[|The Digital Native.] // He establishes an interesting point in stating that many of the educators, administrators, and adults today are immigrants into the digital age. The Digital Native is that of the students to which we teach. They have spent their entire lives immersed in a world surrounded by cell phones, video games, computers, Ipods, the internet, social networking and more. Common language among their peers is discussing "Friending on Facebook", "texting", creating online invitations, blogging to share their writing, and even video conferencing with tools like Skype. As they begin their journey through academia, our teaching modalites must be all encompassing into their world in order to maintain their attention and showcase their learning.