Boyd vs Prensky  "The Power of Words"


 Boyd makes a valid point in how words are used and interpreted.  Native verse Immigrant becomes more of a competition.  Even though Prensky's motive and ideas was simply to find vocabulary terminology to identify the different groups in today's digital age, it has lost its luster due to the fact that society has not forgotten what the terms represented years ago and in the 21st century their is a battle between immigrants and native.  The terms can be offensive in so many ways to different cultures. Based on not only the reading but in history the terms is degrading because its taking us a few steps back.  As indicated in the reading, powerful immigrants did betray natives.  In addition to destroying their spiritual space and over powering them.  Instead of the terminology embracing the positive aspects of the digital age, the term gives a negative backlash.  Now the term immigrant based on the reading can also, indicate immigrants have nothing to offer which makes it so easy to build a wall to keep them from integrating.  Therefore, the term should be adjusted to identify both sides as positive aspects of the Digital Age.

In addition, the idea that age can play a role in whether you identify yourself as a digital native vs digital immigrant should really be based on individuality.  Having the time to practice the skills and the passion for technology can motivated someone who was not born during this digital time period to become more of a digital native.  Overall, it 's more about hard working and keeping up with the trends and having an open mind.

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