According to Prensky, what category do you fall into, and how has this affected your learning?
According to Prensky, I fall into the category of 'Digital Immigrant' due to my upbringing involving a large amount of technology. My first big introduction to personal technology was through an iPad, which I got after breaking my leg in an accident. This introduction has shaped me quite drastically when compared to the lifestyles of 'Digital Immigrants'. The biggest difference being that a large portion of the latter years of my education have been spent online, starting from the end of my freshman year of highschool. My learning style is quite different from the average person even when compared to my own generation, as I thoroughly enjoy learning online.
Prensky mentions that students' thinking patterns have changed. How have they changed, and what are some examples of this?
One example of student's thinking patterns changing can be found in the younger generations attention span. With the advent of TikTok (and even the earlier Vine) most young brains are geared towards rapid bursts of information, however with that advantage of easy rememberance, there is also the downside that if the content doesn't hook you soon enough people just start to tune it out of just switch off.
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