Digital Native
Those people who are born after the adaptation of technology. The exposure to the technology since they are born gives them an opportunity to understand it better and get familiar with it. it's said that most teachers are digital immigrants who are exposed to technology in their later life.They are used to receiving any new information really fast. the digital natives view the world horizontally. They see and take the chance of sharing the ideas and information and they cross the boundaries. They grow up using varieties of new technologies as it surrounds them with video games, music players, cell phone and other different toys. The digital native students prefer learning through games and think about learning fun.
Digital Immigrants
Digital immigrants are born before the existence of digital technology and adopted to some extent later in life. This term was coined by Mark Prensky in 2001 to those who grew up prior to the digital age.
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