The Digital-Nativism Fallacy

Surfing the Internet I found that there is a lot of criticism against Prensky's ideas about digital natives and immigrants.

One idea that I totally agree with is that expressed by Bayne and Ross (2007). They state that we should not rely on a binary distinction as Prensky suggests but rather, to look at the matter acknowledging diversity. Krause (2007) researched about this topic in Australian universities and found that factors like socio-economic background and gender are as, or more, important than age when it comes to 'test' how we handle technology.
I think we should be able to understand the possibilities technology provides us and not be afraid of the fact that we weren't born sitting opposite to a computer. As well as intelligent whiteboards, CDs, videos and even a chalk, a computer is a tool, another resource to add to the plethora of choices we have at hand.
What makes the PC 'different' or so 'revolutionary'? It can be claimed that the ground-breaking feature of PCs lies in the fact that it can emulate many, if not all, of the past resources. A book is a .pdf file, a blackboard is a graphic software being projected through a beamer (and the whole pencil-case its tools), a calculator is always installed with the Operating System, games of any kind have their digital version, etc. Bearing this in mind we should also remember that the only thing a computer cannot be is a teacher.
We can conclude by saying that a knowledgeable teacher able to handle different software to cater for each topic's needs is going to make his / her work easier, more engaging and dynamic.

Source: http://www.malts.ed.ac.uk/staff/sian/natives_final.pdf