Website criticism one

My first criticism of this website is that it was written in May and June 2003....oooh did that give it away? This means that it is out-dated now by 6 years almost, so this is an obvious fault. This is because the way in which the author talks about technology and development may have changed alot since then, although the site is still relevant to contemporary culture.

My next criticism is that the author of the site uses many references and points made by others, in particular, Marc Prensky, who is deemed to have coined the term of digital natives and immigrants. The points made aim to back up Prensky's points in different words. The author points out that there is not much to distinguish between both natives and immigrants in a digital sense. This relates to previous blogs about how much new media and technology evolves, as the author questions how much change there is between each generation. I think that this is a good point, but I think there is a greater gap than the author implies. The author believes, through Prensky's work, that these digital natives are "teaching" digital immigrants, as opposed to going back to "old" methods. "The solution Prensky proposes is for today's teachers to learn the language of the natives..."

The site continues with a counter-arguement, which is effective, as it focuses more on the thoughts of the author rather than other critics work. The author goes on to say that the gap between digital immigrants and natives is reducing through the simplicity of certain websites and forums online.