Chapter 5 Reflection

Once again, I have to say that I agree in this chapter. Our generation doesn't learn as well the conventional way than we do with technology and we are dropping out of high school at alarming rates. I think we learn more when teachers take time to re-adjust their lesson so they can interact with us rather than us sitting at our desks taking notes hoping to remember this when we do our homework. Unlike generations before us, we seem to care more about our education. More and more young people now are going to college and getting degrees than before and that's great, but other ethnicities aren't as lucky and that needs to be fixed by providing more tools to give those who are underprivileged a better chance at succeeding, therefore reducing the drop out rate. Another way we can fix the drop out rate is making classes more interesting. Like Tapscott said "Nearly half who dropped out said that classes were either not interesting or just plain boring." If we adjust the way the teachers are thinking, we could keep more kids in school. The key is to spice things up and make the assignments more interesting to learn. I tend to learn better when I can do something that has to do with the material as they are talking about it, sort of like Mikogo. It's all about keeping people interested and then they will want to learn more.

Don Tapscott Reflection Blog

I agree with Don. Our generation is more technologically advanced and know how to utilize our computers, ipods, and phones better than our parents. I think this leaves us to an advantage because our world is becoming more internet based than it was before in a much faster pace. There are the people who have negative comments saying that we aren't very bright, lazy, and self-centered, but they are wrong. We actually do learn more through the internet and are making waves. As students, the internet helps us in so many ways. We can get information for history projects, download books onto our Nooks or Kindles, and get help with any homework problems through virtually any social networking site. We are setting the tone for a faster and better future. Right now, like Don said, we are becoming the teachers instead of the students. Parents are turning to us now to help them with technology because they don't understand it as well as we do and they want to know what we know. Speaking from experience, we got a new laptop and my father had absolutely no idea how to use it. He turned to me to help him set up his own user and even though he's had an email for years, he still comes to me for help on how to do new things. Even though the "new" things I teach him how to do seem like basic things you learn by yourself, I have to realize he didn't grow up with the technology that I grew up with, so it is difficult for him to catch on.