Questions about the Digital Natives poster

What’s on the Digital Natives poster?

The claim against The evidence, side by side. The claim: A generation that thinks differently; The claim: Fluent with any technology by exposure; The claim: Needs a new pedagogy to match; The claim: Prensky, 2001, and widely repeated since; The claim: Used to justify large purchases; The evidence: No distinct generational cognitive profile; The evidence: Skill varies by access and by instruction; The evidence: Fluent with social apps, not with documents; The evidence: Multitasking harms performance at any age; The evidence: Systematic reviews find no support; Familiarity with phones is not information literacy. Digital skills have to be taught…. Educational reference. Not supported. The framing has been repeatedly criticised, notably by Bennett and colleagues in 2008.

Who is the Digital Natives poster for?

Digital Natives belongs to the Education section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning educational technology can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Digital Natives poster?

Cite it when a plan assumes pupils can already use the tools they are given. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Digital Natives belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Digital Natives?

Adaptive Software, Generative AI In Teaching and Judging An Edtech Claim sit alongside Digital Natives in the Education section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adaptive SoftwareGenerative AI In TeachingJudging An Edtech Claim

Is the Digital Natives poster free to download and print?

Yes. Digital Natives downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Education section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Digital Natives poster print at?

Digital Natives is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Digital Natives loses nothing.Printing guide