With the influx of technology available in today’s digital age, it’s no surprise that both the current and future generations of students have a natural curiosity for using and exploring the latest technology and gadgets. It’s part-and-parcel of their everyday lives; they’ve grown up with it and often know more about tech than the older generation, including their parents and teachers.

Everyone’s brains are made up of the same things: neurons, chemical hormones, electrical signals and so on, and, broadly speaking, we all learn in the same way. It’s not until we delve a little deeper and question the specifics of how exactly each person learns that the difference becomes evident and immeasurable. Some people, for example, need a completely silent environment to learn more effectively, yet earlier this year a new study carried out by scientists at the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences showed that a series of play lessons with music improved nine-month-old babies’ brain processing of both music and new speech sounds.