The book has also been criticized for its use of the term "digital natives," among other things.
These "digital natives" face a variety of challenges that were not present for prior generations.
This means that today's educators may struggle to find effective teaching methods for digital natives.
But children are digital natives - they are already using all of this technology.
Sean Herron is a digital native who embraces the use of technology to create and enable collaborative projects.
Generation Z is made up of digital natives.
Prensky's own preference to this problem is to invent computer games to teach digital natives the lessons they need to learn, no matter how serious.
It considers that all youths are digital natives in the modern age.
The formulation of digital native is also challenged by researchers looking at emerging technology landscapes.
We assumed digital natives would be great at computing, but they're only good at navigating the web.