The research continues!
While researching articles describing the ways Web 2.0 are increasing learning, I stumbled upon the name of the man who coined the term "Digital Natives" to describe the change in our society's newer generations growing with technology. This man is Marc Prensky, and I found out he is a very successful and established speaker and educator.
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| Photo Credit: This photo was taken by Emile Wamsteker and was obtained from Marc's website, http://marcprensky.com/. |
As described in his 2001 article, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, he believes that the school systems should support their teachers in the use and implementation of technology for all classrooms. It was nice to find a man from New York City who is well accomplished and an innovative mentor to teachers through his keynote speeches.
The following was my favorite quote from the above named article, because of my love of both education and the show mentioned in his article:
"In geography – which is all but ignored these days – there is no reason that a generation that can memorize over 100 Pokémon characters with all their characteristics, history and evolution can't learn the names, populations, capitals and relationships of all the 101 nations in the world."
Touché, Mr. Prensky.
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