The students we deal with in middle school are definitely digital natives. One of the downsides of this is a struggle to think in depth and write effectively. Students are multitasking so much with texting, im, chat, listening to music, and doing hw that they don't attend to any one thing with depth. In the classroom it creates challenges when you want them to analyze and describe things in detail. It also creates challenges for the teacher in keeping your classroom lessons interactive and engaging enough to keep them engaged. I am a mix of both as I had access to computers earlier than many of my peers with my parents being programmers.
Natives do need to learn to unplug and engage in some lessons in the old way. Math curriculum can be updated to make it more problem solving based but the base skills still need to be taught in a sequential manner as math builds on the understanding of previous concepts in order to use more advanced ideas.
Immigrants also need to be able to learn new methods of approaching subjects as curriculum may only be created digitally instead of on paper. Without accessing this immigrants may be left behind on new ideas and concepts that will be more interactive.
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