Digital Natives ...

The incredible technology development of the last 15-20 years has led to a new generation, born and grown under these particular conditions. Today’s adolescents grew up with a mouse in their hands, swallowed by the digital era of computers, mobiles, videogames, digital music, digital video cameras and so on. This new generation is known as Digital Natives. Digital language is their “native language” in everyday life. According to recent studies, their cerebral structure seems to be different than the so called Digital Immigrants. A Digital Immigrant is a person who has adopted digital technology but hasn’t grown up with it. This distinction is important to understand that digital immigrants have had to get used to this new environment although they maintain their immigrant “accent”.