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In response to the re-wiring brain, well, there got to be advantanges and disadvantages.

I have read an analysis about twitter, that the world reflected in twitter has been seperated into millions of pieces of infomation which can be easily absorbed. Facebook, Youtube are the same drivers of floods of infomation. We can possibly learn many things from that with easy access, but as the information is too fragmentary, we tend to jump from one spot to another, and we tend to do multi-tasks at the same time. But doing homework, or reading books is a integrate task which requires long-time focus. That to say, children raised in multi-media world can focus, but the pattern of thinking is saltatory on a vigorous state which prefers fragments of infomation than intergrate task. Consequently we may be able to remember more things in a give time, but we can't think deeply in one direction, and then we just procrastinate and stroll on the internet.

Computer games are quite different though. In my highschool, the very best students, esp. in science, are all great players of Warcraft, CS,FIFA, NBA live or even the minesweeper of windows. They tend to analysis games and try to win the games by developed strategies. Logic training is done partly in the practice of games. Thier brain is spinning so fast that others just can't follow their thinking. And they do very well in school work too. The games give them an alternate way to wire the brain, by interest and passion. In this case, I would say that the time they spend on games is not wasted. As long as the school work, rest, and entertainment are balanced, it should be a very good way for one's brain development.