Mitchel Resnick

It has become commonplace to refer to young people as “digital natives”, because of their apparent fluency with digital technologies. And, indeed, many young people are very comfortable sending text messages, playing online games, and browsing the web. But does that really make them fluent with new technologies? Although young people interact with digital media all of the time, few of them can create their own games, animations, or simulations. It’s as if they can “read” but not “write”.