Prensky

I agree with Prensky that immigrants need to learn the new way - how to reach digital natives effectively, by changing their teaching styles without compromising content. As a digital immigrant myself, I am amazed at the abilities of my digital native daughters. By growing up with computers, cell phones, ipods, etc., not only are they comfortable using this equipment, but they learn by playing with it!! That is so foreign to me! As effective educators, we need to equip ourselves by learning how to reach our students; but first we better play with the equipment and become familiar with it. Only then will we be effective educators!!