Educating the Net Generation: How to Engage Students in the 21st Century by Bob Pletka

I read this over the holidays in an effort to understand those digital natives I work with on a daily basis. Pletka makes an appeal to teachers to incorporate more technology into their curriculum development planning. In particular, he suggests more collaborative learning using Web 2.0 technologies.

This book was just OK. I was hoping for more research-based suggestions and pedagogical best practices. Instead I got a lot of Pletka's own opinions and an in-depth look at one classroom project that used Web 2.0 technologies. The information about the classroom project was great, but not enough. Finally, Pletka needs an editor. There were several sections that repeated, verbatim, information that had just been presented.