Digital native and the usefulness of the term in language teaching/learning

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Recent quotes from an ongoing PD treatment for EFL educators

Techonology seems something generational.

I am not using blogs currently as a teacher, because I think I need to practice more in order to get all habilities so I can be able to guide my students through all the process.

Quotes for the term digital native

Wikipedia entry…(notice authors)

Quotes against the term digital native

It seems that it is impossible to generalise about teenagers

…students they studied displayed an inordinate level of trust in search engine brand as a measure of credibility.

So, is the term digital native relevant to today’s teaching and learning of another language?  Is there a positive correlation between a teachers age and the way in which technology is used to increase student achievement (i.e., language development)?