Tapscott Part One

The book was very enjoyable to read especially considering my future career will be dealing with technology. One thing I found hysterically funny was some of the things the "oldsters" did. When Tapscott was talking about them and then I thought will this ever happen to me? I think my favorite one was when I read that someone was trying to delete something off a disk using white-out. I do not even see where the logic was in that due to being raised with CDs. It just makes me think that if there is a when that happens to me then I really need to catch up.

Later on Tapscott talks about people he calls "Net Geners" and how they can process information much faster than their parents would. I never really thought about whether or not I did before reading this section. Later I realized it is true when a event such as scrolling through some pictures on my computer to delete as to make space occurred. My mom wanted to go through them with me to make sure that I did not delete any that either she wanted or did not have. As I was scrolling my mom kept telling me to slow down or asking "Woah, what was that?" I thought it was strange and that maybe it was just cause they were older than me. Tapscott caused me to think differently which I do fully agree with.

Tapscott Part Two

The second part of the book made me think that I wasn't crazy when I was in high school or college for liking teachers that taught differently than most. In this part of the book Tapscott talks about how the "Net Geners" learn differently compared to what others are used to. Which completely explained why I would enjoy a class that was more engaging than one where the teach just spouted words to memorize. After reading this I had wished that all my teachers from the past had read this book before and learned from it before teaching me. It may be selfish, but I am fine with being selfish on this topic.

Something I did notice was that after coming to college is in most of my classes I am learning more and easier than I did in High School. I think the main reason for this is due to the fact that I myself am pursuing a major that is based on technology itself. Therefore, any professors I have to teach my a technology must be themselves familiar with all types of technology. This causes the teachers to teach different than the simple take notes while I talk method.