Some parts of this slide show (and associated MP3 recording) from John Stein, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, are worth repeating: that learning is a result of connections being formed in the brain, for example, and that the brain's physical environment - including things like nutrition and stimulus - are as important as pedagogy (probably more important, but that's my bias showing). What you shouldn't do is take away little factoids (indicated by the phrase "it turns out that...") and make ridiculous generalizations ("the visual world of ICT will favour [boys'] style of learning") out of them.
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