There are a number of accounts that speak of 'digital natives' and 'growing up digital' (Prensky; Tapscott). I'm fairly skeptical of some of the grand claims that can be made.
At the 'Challenge of New Media Forum' at The Watershed in December 2008 (ADM-HEA site), Will Merrin's paper 'Media Studies 2.0' (available here) provided a fascinating point of discussion. In this, Will Merrin suggests "My son’s world is also my student’s world". A number of participants were uncertain of how tech savvy their students were. Similarly, in a module I led last year (Media Power and the Everyday) I asked a group twenty about their blog usage and no students stated they maintained blogs.
This is something I would like to think about with others on this course.
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