There seems to have been some hype surrouding Fisch’s post being voted the most influential on Edublogs in 2007. There are some controversial things in this post, and after reading Matthew K’s thoughtful take on it and Chris’ enjoyable rant, I feel compelled to comment also.
I absolutely enjoyed reading Chris’ three reasons why Fisch’s statement (about not being [...]
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Paul raises some interesting points in relation to Prensky’s Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants literature. The whole concept of the native / immigrant does carry the baggage of immigration connotations and political correctness.
Quite rightly Paul points out that in the article the digital immigrants are ostracised and berated for their lack of expertise. This got me thinking. Perhaps the digital immigrants will [...]
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Prensky’s “digital native/digital immigrant” work has proven to be fertile ground for our band of digital education bloggers, often with some deal of criticism, but I think I’m going to put my hand up and admit it . . .
My name is Basil, and I’m a digital native. There, I said it, it’s off my chest.
I attended [...]
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