Reflection on 5th Discussion Marc Prensky

I thoroughly enjoyed Marc's articles and found myself using them in other classes. This is the first time I have read his materials and I found them relevant and exciting in what I am trying to create in a school library. From his definition's of digital immigrants to digital natives I get a better understanding of the minds I will be teaching and the teachers I will be working with. Even though I am working in an elementary setting I can still learn for Marc's information as to where the students are coming from growing up with computers in the home. Next year I am hoping to be in a high school setting and will be working with digital natives. One of my biggest challenges if I get this job will be to make the library inviting and supportive to student learning. The librarian that is retiring from 28 years of service was not there for the students and I would like to take what I am learning from Marc's articles and change the environment to stimulating and engaging. I will be stepping out of my comfort zone in teaching high school students but thanks to this course and several others I have taken for my Masters I feel I am ready to step up to higher level thinking.