Marc Prensky Digital Natives Digital Immigrants ©2001 Marc Prensky _____________________________________________________________________________ Digital Natives‚ Digital Immigrants By Marc Prensky From On the Horizon (NCB University Press‚ Vol. 9 No. 5‚ October 2001) © 2001 Marc Prensky It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these days about the decline of education in the US we ignore the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students
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American Literature Period 03 October 02‚ 2013 Native American Paper Native Americans are known for many different qualities they had as a part of their lifestyle. Native Americans have been living in the Americas for many years. During their time period‚ we learned so much from them. Most of the information that was found‚ was by the movie “The Last of the Mohicans” and the three origin myths. There are many different Native American tribes that factor out cultural differences‚ in which
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Discrimination and Class Conflicts Seen from Richard Wright’s Native Son 【Abstract】Richard Wright’s Native Son is a brand-new page of the Black literature which is one of American “protest novels”. In this novel‚ the author uses the writing techniques of realism to reflect the fierce racial and class conflicts between the whites and the blacks. So this novel is very important for us to study American history in the 1930s. 【Key words】Native Son；Racial Discrimination；Class Conflict I. Introduction
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Digital Natives‚ Digital Immigrants: Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap by Timothy VanSlyke | | | | | | | | | In a two-part series entitled "Digital Immigrants‚ Digital Natives‚" Marc Prensky (2001a‚ 2001b) employs an analogy of native speakers and immigrants to describe the generation gap separating today’s students (the "Digital Natives") from their teachers (the "Digital Immigrants"). According to Prensky‚ the former are surrounded by digital media to such an extent
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observations. As William Cronon writes in Changes in the Land‚ “the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes…in the ways these peoples organized their lives‚ but also involved fundamental reorganizations…in the region’s plant and animal communities.” This exemplifies that new people in the area have made an impact‚ both positive and negative‚ on the land. In other words‚ people change the land‚ but also the land changes the people. This theory is proven time and
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Native American beliefs are deeply rooted in their culture. They didn’t have one single religion‚ but they did have many beliefs. They believed in a mysterious force in nature and in spirits that were higher than human beings and influenced their lives. People depended on them when they searched for food or when people were ill. They believed EVERYTHING is sacred from the largest mountain to the smallest plant and animal. A lesson can be found in all things and experiences and everything has its
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Cronon‚ Changes in the land William Cronon’s Changes in the Land interprets and analyzes the changing circumstances in New England’s plant and animal communities that occurred with the shift from Indian to European dominance. In his thesis Cronon claims‚ “the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes—well known to historians—in the ways these peoples organized their lives‚ but it also involved fundamental reorganizations—less well known to historians—in
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The book “A Land So Strange” by Andrés Reséndez basically illustrates 8 years of long odyssey from what is now Tampa‚ Florida to Mexico City on Cabeza de Vaca’s perspective. Cabaza de Vaca along with his companions named Andres Dorante‚ Alonso del Castillo‚ and Estebanico‚ are survivors of failed expedition to New World from Spain during 16th century. Unlike other members from the expedition‚ these four members found a way to live with native Indian tribes to survive. They were slaves of Indians
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CLASSIFICATION OF INTERESTIS IN LAND: DOCTRINE OF TENURE AND DOCTRINE OF ESTATES a) freehold estates: freehold of inheritance ( fee-simple and fee-tail) b) freehold not of inheritance( life estate and estate par autre vie) Classification of interests in land Definition of Interests in Land What is an interest in Land? Definition An interest in land according to The Registered Land Act Cap 300 is defined as follows: “interest” in land includes absolute ownership of land. According to Black’s
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A Vacation Out of Country Many people don’t go on vacation outside the country thinking that going to a foreign place would be very expensive; it also can be stressful planning a vacation over long distances. Decide the destination‚ how to get / transported to the destination‚ route planning‚ accommodation and food‚ the most stressful thing for most people is the unexpected. Plan a vacation to a foreign place can seem difficult almost impossible for some people‚ but with a few simple steps you
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