Digital Natives

All of us are digital natives.

We have been brought up in a world where technology seems play an integral part in our everyday life. From waking up to the sound of an alarm clock, to commuting and checking our phones, technology is everywhere. We rely on the internet to such an extent that it is hard to Imagine a life without it. This makes us natives of the digital world or digital natives. I cannot pinpoint a date when everyone started to get familiar with technology. The adaptation was so natural and gradual but inevitable too.

Education and digitalisation

Our education system itself involves the usage of technology that everything has to be searched on the internet. While making notes we prefer typing over writing and visit different libraries online to search for content on diverse topics. We use Whatsapp and google hangouts for communicating with friends. We are so dependent on digital gadgets that without them we will not be able to navigate through our lives at all. Therefore. I feel that proper education about technology and digital forums is necessary in schools as it will help educate the students about the altering the Education System. The education system needs to be greatly altered: we are working on a system that does not have enough tools for today's generation. The generation has advanced a lot, thanks to the technology made available to them. Therefore, I believe that the education system for us is insufficient, as life of digital natives is drastically different and contrasting to the education system designed for them.

Digital immigrants and natives

A few alterations are that probably digital natives are much more impatient due to instant gratification. Our education system is created by educators who are digital immigrants having a different perspective from the students who are digital natives. This difference creates a barrier adversely affecting the teaching-learning process and needs to be understood in order to design a system which suits both teachers (digital immigrants) and students (digital natives) best.