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The Digital Natives and the 21st Century Learners learn differently than what some of the teachers are teaching in todays classrooms. Students in schools nowadays are use to having internet at the touch of their fingers, whether it's on a computer, cell phone, or a laptop. Digital Natives are use to and can edit a paper on the computer, but they can't remember capitals because it is not taught in an interesting way. I agree with Marc Prensky when he talks about how Digital Immigrants do not believe their students can not learn a specific way, because he or she (Immigrants) can not. I agree that teachers have to adapt to the new times and become digital immigrants. The Immigrants are suppose to be there for the children and if adpting to the new times is what helps a students, then thats what needs to happen. The ideas of teachers adapting to the new style of learning is not obsurd, but is a great idea. I recently wrote a paper on how children use video games, computer games, and television to start their education. This has grown since before the start of the century. Children a playing on the computer or video games before he or she reaches kindergarten and they are picking up reading and learning their letters.