▁David ▁Bol ter ' s ▁statement ▁that ▁" if ▁our ▁students ▁are ▁not ▁reading ▁and ▁compos ing ▁with ▁various ▁electronic ▁techn ologies , ▁then ▁they ▁are ▁ill iter ate . ▁They ▁are ▁not ▁just ▁un prep ared ▁for ▁the ▁future ; ▁they ▁are ▁ill iter ate ▁right ▁now , ▁in ▁our ▁current ▁time ▁and ▁context ". ▁ ▁Wilhelm ' s ▁statement ▁is ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁W ired ▁World ▁Ph ase ▁II ▁( Y C W W ▁II ) ▁survey ▁conducted ▁by ▁the ▁Media ▁A war eness ▁Network ▁of ▁Canada ▁on ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁Gra de ▁ 4 ▁– ▁ 1 1 ▁students . ▁The ▁key ▁find ings ▁of ▁the ▁survey ▁were : ▁ 6 2 % ▁of ▁Gra de ▁ 4 ▁students ▁prefer ▁the ▁Internet . ▁ 3 8 % ▁of ▁Gra de ▁ 4 ▁students ▁prefer ▁the ▁library . ▁ 9 1 % ▁of ▁Gra de ▁ 1 1 ▁students ▁prefer ▁the ▁Internet . ▁ 9 % ▁of ▁Gra de ▁ 1 1 ▁students ▁prefer ▁the ▁library . ▁ ▁Marc ▁Pr ens ky ▁( 2 0 0 1 ) ▁uses ▁the ▁term ▁" dig ital ▁native " ▁to ▁describe ▁people ▁who ▁have ▁been ▁brought ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁digital ▁world . ▁The ▁Internet ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁per vas ive ▁element ▁of ▁young ▁people ' s ▁home ▁lives . ▁ 9 4 % ▁of ▁k ids ▁reported ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁Internet ▁access ▁at ▁home , ▁and ▁a ▁significant ▁majority ▁( 6 1 %) ▁had ▁a ▁high -