Growing Up Digital Part 3

1. The 3 most important criticisms Don Tapscott makes are:
1) There is no  concrete evidence to support that technology makes kids stupid
2) Students are not paying attention because they can't, it's because they are bored. Teachers need to change the way they lecture students because the "old traditional" method is no longer working.
3) Data and evidence is misleading. According to Tapscott, technology is developing young adolescent brains that are more appropriate for our fast paced, complex world.

2. I agree that we need to change “the relationship between student and teacher in the learning process” because the current method of teaching is no longer attracting the attention of the students. Teachers need to interact and meet the students demands because with all the technology, adolescents learn and grow by interacting and by trial and error. Teachers reading straight out of the textbook or students copying notes are no longer appealing. In today's complex and fast growing planet, adolescents are the only one's who can keep up-to-date and receive numerous sources of information better then most adults and teachers. Teachers must meet the students demands, if they want to keep the attention flowing.

3. The second article we had to read greatly understands the technology, and the way students interact with technology. In this article, there were numerous statistics that defy our generation. Ex. teachers changing their way of teaching to keep students interested is needed because with all this interaction on the internet, adolescents are developing their brain much faster then any previous generation. This article not only understands our generation, but it is directed to those who "think" without any scientific proof, that in fact internet and multitasking is making us stupid. Those who think this are greatly mistaken.