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=**Digital Natives and Piracy**=



====This site looks at digital natives and piracy from the perspective of a digital immigrant. First we will look at who the author is and what will shape his point of view. I am a 33 year old male and what [|Mark Prensky] would call a digital immigrant.====

====I am an outsider going to university as a teacher candidate along with with peers who are digital natives themselves. At the same time we hoping to educate students who are digital natives who speak with an even deeper understanding of the digital language which I seem to be becoming more and more foreign to. Prensky points out that all digital immigrants retain some digital 'accent', whether you have a 'thick accent' or you have adapted well to the digital environment, digital immigrants will never be able to truly understand what the digital world is like from the point of view of a digital native. Let us briefly look at the differences between digital natives and digital immigrants.====

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====As teachers we must provide examples for students when it comes to piracy. We must provide a good example for the students as well as show students that we are well informed and firmly against piracy. Not only will we let students know that we are against piracy but we must also teach them why we are against it and whom it affects. Not only will we prevent them from plagiarising material, we should also teach them how to attain proper media permissions as well as give them a good understanding of copyright and the affects of piracy.====