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andschools,whenconfrontedwiththepotentiallydisruptivetechnologiesofthe
Web2.0era,needtoallowforachangeinthemodelofeducation"fromthe
traditionalclassroomframeworktoanasynchronous24/7mode”(p.4).
Contemporarystudentshavebeendescribedasthefirstgenerationwhich
hasgrownupwithcomputersasanordinarypartoftheirlives,ratherthanasan
extraordinaryadd-on.MarkPrensky(2001)claimsthatpresent-daystudents,known
as‘DigitalNatives,becausetheyare",nativespeakers,ofthedigitallanguageof
computers”(p.1),havebeenfunctioninginadigitalenvironmentformostoftheir
livesandthetechnologiesthatfacultyandstaffseeasrevolutionaryarestandard
androutineelementsfortoday,snewstudents.Barnes,MarateoandFerris(2007)
definecontemporarystudentsasthe"NetGeneration,”uniqueinthesensetheyare
notonlyacculturatedtotheuseoftechnology,buttheyareevensaturatedwithit.
TheauthorsquoteBonamicietal.(2005),whosedatashowthetechnologyuseof
anaverageNetGener(NetGenerationmember)bytheageof21:
10,000hoursplayingvideogames;
200,000e-mails;
20,000hourswatchingTV;
10,000hoursoncellphones;
under5,000hoursreading(Bonamicietal.,2005).
Bycontrast,theirteachers,whowereusuallynotbornintothedigitalworld
butratherhavebecomefascinatedbytechnologyatacertainpointintheirlives,
arelabelledbyPrensky(2001)as‘DigitalImmigrants.,Prenskycontinuesthat
"thesinglebiggestproblemfacingeducationtodayisthatourDigitalImmigrant
instructors,whospeakanoutdatedlanguage(thatofthepre-digitalage),are
strugglingtoteachapopulationthatspeaksanentirelynewlanguage”(p.2).This,
obviously,mayleadtoteacherdiscomfortcausedbynotbeingfullyconfident
intechnologyuseandpossiblewithdrawalfrompotentiallyinsecurecomputer-
basedclassroomsituations.Thisiswhyteachertraining,bothinthepre-service
andin-servicemode,needstoaddresstheseissuestopreventan"Information
Technologygap”betweenDigitalNativesandDigitalImmigrants.
Itisinterestingtoanalysewhatconsequenceseverydayfamiliaritywith
technologyhasforpresent-daystudents.Barnesetal.(2007:1)suggestthatdueto
convenientaccesstodigitaltechnologiesandsaturationwithmedia,"NetGeners
havedistinctivewaysofthinking,communicating,andlearning.”Thesestudents
aremoreinclinedtowardsindependenceandautonomy,expressaneedformore
variedformsofcommunicationandshowboredomwithtraditionalmethods
oflearning(OblingerandHagner,2005).Glenn(2000)addsthatNetGeners
need"self-directedlearningopportunities,interactiveenvironments,multiple
formsoffeedback,andassignmentchoicesthatusedifferentresourcestocreate
personallymeaningfullearningexperiences”(citedafterBarnesetal.,2007:2).
Hay(2000)emphasisestheessentialroleofhands-on,inquiry-basedapproaches