[Yr7-10it] Year 7-10 IT structures

[Tony Forster]

Re: [Yr7-10it] Year 7-10 IT structuresAnne Marie writes: "What do you all 
think about kids being highly skilled IT users as the media and research 
tells us i.e. Prenskys "Digital Natives" and Oblinger's "net-generation" is 
it a myth that kids are skilled users of technology?  If Prensky's research 
in America holds true for Australia surely kids don't need ICT lessons?"

See for example Daniel Livingstone's "Digital Natives vs. the Net 
Generation"
http://learninggames.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/natives-vs-net-gen/#more-165

"The dangerous part of making assumptions about digital natives, is that is 
ascribes a level of fluency and understanding that is likely not there. And 
if this mis-information is used to inform education policy and practice then 
we risk not providing the support that kids really need."

or Bill Kerr http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/nativesImmigrants