Website 4

The author of this website seems to be very knowledgable in the field of "digital immigration" and aswell as using, yet again, many of Prensky's point, the author does provide alot of his own argument which provides great discussion and debate. He mentions a good point that even thought we generally class the young as digital natives and the old as digital immigrants, we have to realise that technology (and the internet in particular) are new to all of us. Just because digital natives may be able to pick things up quickly doesnt mean that they are not in the same position when it comes to the introduction of new technology. This is where the authors main argument lies, that not all young can be said to be digital natives only that they were "born" digital. This therefore shows this website to be very useful as it looks outside the box and not just necessarily around the immediate digital immigration boundary.

The author also goes onto to more diverse subjects of how this digital divide can empower the young as they are seen as more knowledgable when it comes to technology. The authorn doesnt agree with this stereotypical view and believes that if people continue to think like this then the digital divide will remain and communication between adults and the youth will totally break down.

Although he agrees with many of Prensky's points he does believe that some are fairly out of date. He doesnt believe Prensky when he considers immigrants to be lacking in culture and not able to fully assimlate into the modern age. He believes that digital immigrants still have alot of knowledge from the past which will still go along way in the present digital culture. This is where I feel this website is maybe one of the best I found, as it goes against Prensky's ideas and produces arguments which fit more with today's society.

In all he concludes to say that the gap between digital natives and immigrants shouldn't just be left but should be helped by introducing new ways of learning in order to help both parties understand one another. Here he then believes will pave the way for natives to let go of the past and immigrants able to embrace he future, providing a very open, up to date and relevent view on the subject!