Comments on: Digital Immigrant Bookworm Goes Native Butterfly http://fleeep.net/blog/2007/12/15/digital-immigrant-bookworm-goes-native-butterfly/ Politics, Technology in Education, Art, Music, Life Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Farley/Jeff http://fleeep.net/blog/2007/12/15/digital-immigrant-bookworm-goes-native-butterfly/#comment-2770 Farley/Jeff Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:05:34 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=187#comment-2770 With the right formula, you can draw a line to describe a pretty scattered scatterplot, even though few of the data points actually fall on the line. The native/immigrant story reminds me of the formula used in so many Disney movies I grew up with. The kids are smart, are in their own world and have their own channels of communication. The parents are clueless. Like most timeless stories, it's deeply rooted in our culture, which gives Prensky power to both resonate and disturb. I've been heartened lately to hear people like Jenkins saying that real life is much broader and deeper than that thin line. Thanks for the beautiful illustration. With the right formula, you can draw a line to describe a pretty scattered scatterplot, even though few of the data points actually fall on the line.

The native/immigrant story reminds me of the formula used in so many Disney movies I grew up with. The kids are smart, are in their own world and have their own channels of communication. The parents are clueless. Like most timeless stories, it’s deeply rooted in our culture, which gives Prensky power to both resonate and disturb.

I’ve been heartened lately to hear people like Jenkins saying that real life is much broader and deeper than that thin line. Thanks for the beautiful illustration.

]]>