Website criticism two

This website defines both Digital Immigration and Digital Natives, and talks of the distinction between the two. As both terms have been coined in recent years, the site begins by saying how the two terms have been accepted in higher education. It says the terms are a way of mapping out and understanding the rapid technological advancements that have shaped our culture. The site is dated December 2007, which means it is over a year old, so its extremely relevant due to its up-to-dateness. The site is a version of a speech given at a higher education conference in 2007. This means it is written very coherently, as it was written to be spoken and performed. In correspondence, this also makes it very formal. I like the way it talks about Digital Immigrants and Natives as binary opposites, which I find to be a good way of looking at it. What makes this site stand out for me was a table on the 2nd page. There are the two terms as headings, and listed underneath is an example of each with the other being a binary opposite of sorts. For example, under Native there is Student and fast, and under Immigrant there is Teacher and slow. It goes on to continue the argument of how it is the immigrants that need to change, not the natives. This site also quotes from Prensky; “If Digital Immigrant educators really want to reach Digital Natives – ie all their students – they will have to change” (Prensky 2001,p6). I think it practices what it preaches, in the sense that it makes a strong argument in a concise manner, and it clearly explains itself on a potentially difficult subject.