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I always assumed it was coined by a manager somewhere who was impressed by his teenage intern's ability to set up his email. There are a lot of people who aren'

I always assumed it was coined by a manager somewhere who was impressed by his teenage intern's ability to set up his email. There are a lot of people who aren't just not technical but actively phobic of computers, I think 'digital native' is more like knowing how to drive than knowing how to fix a car.

fmajid 8y ago
AFAIK it was introduced by Don Tapscot in his 1999 book Growing up Digital.
- ghaff 8y ago
  Here's a little more background on the term. Tapscot seems to have had the basic concept in the book but didn't use the exact term. Douglas Rushkoff probably coined the precise term. http://marcprensky.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Origins_of_Terms-DN_DI-June-2006_Blog_Post.pdf http://marcprensky.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Origins_of...