The digital native is a child born during the introduction of digital modern technology and has a natural understanding of its concepts. They are native speakers of the digital language of computers and technology. Computers, video recorders, mobile phone, IPods and instant messaging are all crucial parts of their lives. These digital natives are surrounded by toys, gadgets, tools of the digital age which means they think and process information in an extremely different way to their predecessors. A digital immigrant faces a problem, we speak an outdated language that of the pre-digital age and we are likely to get scared by new technology. [Read more...]