My reaction of Chapter 5 of Growing Up Digital

I seriously think every teacher should read this book. The entire 5th chapter focoused on teaching methods for the Net Generation and how teachers and schools today can improve students education for the better. I thought Chapter 5 was really cool and informative, and gave alot of insight. I found myself saying inside my head alot, "yes! This guy is so right." I agreed with so much that he said. Tapscott talks about how the ecucation system is 1oo years behind in some areas, and talks about how schools today should focous on modern day teaching methods. He says that the education system should focus on the student, rather than the teacher, and that teachers should interact, not lecture. He also says teachers should encourage students to collaborate , and on page thirteen he says "Schools should be places to learn, not to teach."I completly agree with this! Another thing he talks about is what WE the students want. He says on page 5 that "Kids who have grown up digital expect to talk back, to have conversation." he also says, we "want education to be relevant to the real world," and that "They," meaning us, the students and the Net Gen, "want it to be interesting and fun." He goes into describing how students today get really bored with school becaue alot of teachers just make us sit down and lecture us, not bothering to interact or conversate with us. He's pretty much saying that teachers these days need to keep up with our faster paced generation somewhat. He says that we expect more and that "The Net Gen wants to interact while learning". This is very true. If more teachers were interactive and made more use of their teaching time, i think more students would learn more and enjoy school way better. I think that Tapscott nails this topic. It's true and he's obviously done his research.