Created by Melissa Prepster and Lisa Mielke for Innovate! Training

1. Digital Natives
A Field Guide
(How to Spot them in the Wild)

2. Digital Natives Learn Online
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Get news / info online
Have used computer / Internet
since early childhood.
Don't use traditional information
sources.

3. Digital Natives Learn by Creating
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Find source material online
Create websites
Mash-ups
Fanfiction
Endless other creations

4. Digital Natives Learn by
Connecting
Social Networking
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Google
Wikipedia
Providing Feedback /
Comments

5. Digital Natives Learn Through
Multi-Tasking
Use multiple devices
Text / IM
Listen to Music
Watch Video

6. Digital Natives Are Bored in
Traditional Classrooms
Don't think things are
relevant
PowerPoint is “lame”
Want to use cell-
phones, twitter, etc.