Computer technology offers some excellent tools for helping us do just that. We've made important strides, but we still have a long way to go to change the nature of teaching and learning to take full advantage of the new tools that are available. Technology by itself isn't going to make the changes that need to be made. We are always going to need good educators, people who plan the activities and strategies that produce good learners. Teachers are not going to become obsolete because of technology.
Educators are still the key.
We need to move away from the one right answer approach to teaching. Technology will allow us to move towards a process in which students can be in charge of their own learning. I'm not suggesting for a moment students be in charge of the classroom. There are so many schools doing worthwhile things with new technology that I hesitate to single out any one as an example. In a situation like this, if the technology is readily available, students will take the technology they need and use it to become motivated and informed learners.