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.