'Engage' me or 'Enrage' me

Prensky's article was an interesting read. It did make a good point about engaging students, no prizes for that one though. I found the article to be on the extreme end of the continuum. The majority of kids today are over-entertained and this theory tends to pander even further for their need for an adrenalin fix. As soon as the excitement is over with one game they are no sooner onto the next. These kids still have to live in a 3D world and there are just some things that should not be compromised. One is the art of developing meaningful relationships. It has been my recent experience with my fifteen year son that the quality of his relationship with the teacher has a more powerful impact on his engagement level than the teacher's ability to entertain.