April--Grown+Up+Digital+Chapters+5+&+9

“Grown Up Digital” -- Chapter 5 and 9

Chapter 5 Tapscott makes recommendations on how to transform education to meets the next of the net generation based on the eight norms he previously proposed. Education must move from the traditional model of one-direction of information from teacher to student (the old saying, “sage on the stage”). This traditional model is outdated and does not meet the needs of digital learners. The model is no longer about how much a student learns, but how a student learns, how connections are made, and how information can be applied and adapted. This new model of education should focus on discovery, collaboration, interactive, and unique-to-the-individual methods. The new model of education gives students skills and prepares them for careers and technology that are yet to exist. Students are prepared to be creative and productive. (I was happy to see the spotlight on liberal arts education is the advantages of such.)

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Chapter 9 Tapscott noted that the digital generation may appear to be passive about politics, but that argument is inaccurate. This is because the digital generation has reservations about the traditional model of politics—“you vote, we rule.” In reality, the net generation wants politics that is active (just like digital media—no longer passive (TV), but interactive and changeable). They want to endorse candidates who are transparent and demonstrate integrity. They want to endorse political movements that are innovative and allow for collaboration. They want to endorse political systems that are high speed and entertaining. Again, the eight norms of the digital generation that Tapscott previously presented are apparent in the changes that the digital generation is demanding of politics.