Digital Immigration - Website 1
This website refers to Prensky and describes how 'Digital Natives' are constantly surrounded by new digital media and it even affects their lifestyle and behaviour which has never affected previous generations before. They are used to receiving and handling information really fast so they therefore like to deal with fast technology such as the internet to gain information instantly. The article also discusses how Digital Natives depend on graphics more than text, so often prefer to use video games, etc rather than doing "serious work".
The website is simple in its layout, just black and white colour scheme with a bright blue title to stand out from the rest of the text. The article comes across as reliable as the topic discussed is factual and straight to the point, with numerous references at the end. The language used has an educational feel to it but it is not challenging to read and therefore easy to understand.
There is also a hyperlink at the bottom of the page called "View Related Articles" which is really useful for people researching this specific topic and want more information on it. It also makes the website seem more professional which i think adds to its reliability.
2 comments:
Lauren,
You have quite a bit of work to be doing to get your other 4 website comments on here, and then look at 5 articles too, but I'm glad to see that you've made a start on this here. Is it implied in the article that 'video games' are as much an effective way of learning as other more 'traditional' manners? If so, would you agree with this?
All the best
Emma
I don't think i agree with the fact that video games are a much more effective way of learning as i think eduction and ways of learning should not be completely relied upon by technology. I think we should combine traditional methods with this as well. SO Sstill finding out information from looking in books rather than looking at search engines like google to find our information.
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