<p>The term <strong>digital native</strong> is being applied to individuals who have grown up immersed in technology, specifically the internet. The opposite term is the &quot;digital immigrant&quot; those individuals that are trying to get to terms with digital technology. A &quot;digital native&quot; will refer to their new &quot;camera&quot;, a digital immigrant will refer to their new &quot;digital camera&quot;</p><p>Marc Prensky claims to have coined the term, as it pertains to a new breed of student entering the educational establishments.Prensky refers to <em>accents</em> employed by digital immigrants, such as printing documents rather than commenting on screen or printing out emails to save in hard copy form.</p><p>For more information see: <a href="http://www.digitalnative.org/Main_Page" target="_blank" title="Digital Natives">http://www.digitalnative.org/Main_Page</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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