In the article Listening to the Natives, (2005) Prensky Looks at the gap between students that are born in the digital age, who he calls digital natives (2001) and teachers (and parents)  who often are  ‘digital immigrants’ .  Part of the solution to bridging this gap includes collaborative learning on the teachers part and teachers changing their mindset about the purpose of education and how we learn.

Also we must listen to the students and teach in a way that caters to how they want to learn. I think we could take this further than just being about technology, if students interests and learning styles (including how they happily learn and explore out of school hours) were considered in all subject areas we would have students wanting to learn and readily engaged in school. That’s where schools need to be heading in the future.