Digital natives - Tech kids

First of all, this is a very interesting and extensive theme to investigate if one wants to do research - there are lots and lots of things online. Actually I'd like to start with a little fun video I found of the hillarious Ellen Degeneres talking about this.

 

Of course she goes a little beyond our subject, but it left me with one thing in mind : How are these kids going to learn to spell?? 

After reading the information on the topic, I reached the conclusion that it is very important we realize that we are teaching kids and adolescents with new characteristics that define how they learn, and the most important one is their natural predisposition to technology. However, we must not forget that although they may handle these digital tools better than we do, they may lack the scrutiny, for example, to differenciate a reliable website from others like  the famous "Wikipedia" or to use the nigthmare of all English teachers: "Google Translator". What we should do is teach them through technology but also how to use it correctly, employing their critical thinking. We must not let technology do our job.