Prensky's Stereotypes

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Prensky (2001) pioneered the analogy and contrast between the natives and the immigrants. Additionally, he claimed that there is a gap dividing the natives from the immigrants, and it is caused by the rapid spreading of digital technology. Rational and process information is the cause of the gap; Prensky stated that natives’ intelligence and brain structures modify in direct proportion to the emergence of technology and the degree on their usage. While Prensky also included that all the peoples’ brains are similar in matter, immigrants’ brainpowers are processed slower and thus cannot keep up nor understand the natives. However, he didn’t elaborate further on the more diverse reasons for the extending discontinuity between immigrants and natives.