Who is digital native?

                                               Who is digital native?

Digital Natives are people, who have grown up in the digital world using technology as a way to,

     ·         communicate,

     ·         record,

     ·         educate,

     ·         and understand society

Digital natives have had access to computers, cell phones, email, and other forms of technology since birth. The digital natives possess a high level of media literacy. A digital immigrant is an individual who was born before the existence of digital technology and adopted it to some extent later in life. Digital natives are comfortable doing more than one thing at once, and in fact sometimes need to be doing more than one thing at once in order to be productive.

Positive characterizes of digital natives;

•        working in teams
•         greater self-confidence and independency
•          higher intelligence
•          achievement orientation
•          innovation
•          entertainment oriented
•          critical approach towards information

Digital natives learn much better through active learning; by doing rather than learning through instructions. Digital tool based visual and auditory things therefore their skills more developed.

On the other hand; there are some negative effects on the children. Negative characteristics

·         superficial interests

·         attention disorders

·         speech disorders

·         aggression

·         personality disorders