Understanding the Digital Learner

I agree almost wholeheartedly with everything stated in the article, with one major, significant exception. We are the generation the author is talking about, as are the kids who we will eventually be teaching. I didn't have access to a computer with internet until about seventh grade, and didn't own a smart phone until months ago. I did't have a modern video game system until high school, and my TV watching was limited by my parents. I know I'm in the minority in this regard, and yet I still consider myself highly proficient in technological pursuits and constantly "plugged in." The way in which the author frames the argument in an "us v. them" context is off-putting because in our case there is really just the "us." We, the millenials, are the first generation to grow up with this technology simply around us at all times, and it's become second nature. I can get a new electronic device and master it in a week, and since we're growing as the technology is growing we will never experience the gap or learning curve that older educators grapple with. For better or worse, everyone has a computer, everyone has an iPad, and they are obtaining these devices earlier and earlier, and subsequently mastering them earlier, but the gap is nowhere near what the author of this article posits.