In the article, Digital Nativism, Digital Delusions, and Digital Deprivation, Jamie McKenzie reviews an article previously published by Marc Prensky. McKenzie researches Prensky’s claims just prove how wrong he was, along with discrediting him as a writer. At first, McKenzie speaks of how the youth was born into an overly saturated culture of technology. Where it has its own ups and downs as to benefiting the learning process. Prensky calls out older folk, stating their irrelevancy in modern society. Generating the terms digital natives meaning the youth, and digital immigrants meaning elders. Creating a generational and cultural divided that does not exist. Prensky makes many claims already but without backing evidence.

Next topic brought up from Prensky was the effect of video games in learning. He goes on to say how positive these outlets to knowledge are without addressing the negative results, continuing to support this learning medium as great for natives. McKenzie does research on these claims with little success, proving how unreliable his data is. One source used was from Dr. Bruce D. Berry from Baylor College of Medicine. When trying to find any work from him nothing appeared, even on sites such as Amazon, Baylor College, and ERIC. Then Prensky continues his deception with twisting author Dr. Perry’s narrative to fit his agenda. It looks like Perry is supporting his claim, but go back and read the original article, it is out of context. Perry was talking about trauma, not digital experience, further proving how Marc Prensky is an unreliable source.