In 2001 Mark Prensky introduced the idea that the younger generation were "digital natives" because they have grown up (and learned to think) in a world filled with the web and handheld devices where us older types had to adapt to these tools later in life.
This has been a popular meme in ed tech discussion, but now some people are questioning how different kids really are. A new study claims to "Explode the Myth of Digital Natives"