[Yr7-10it] RE: Year 7-10 IT structures

[Costello, Rob R]

 I did recently re-read some of Prenksy's stuff on digital natives -
given the discussion here - and it does seem a bit simplistic and hyped
- I merely commented that we still mandate study of our "native"
language 

Jamie McKenzie lines him up much more solidly; on poorly researched
generalisations :   http://www.fno.org/nov07/nativism.html

Seems reasonable 


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