1) How might Wenger's notions on practice communities relate to Prensky's on education?

I think both Wenger's and Prensky's ideas can relate to each other to a certain degree. Both their ideas talk about learning. Wenger's ideas provide discussion on how people with the same interests can come together and learn from each other in a COP (Community of Practice) whereas Prensky's, although he talks about two separate groups, also are able to learn from each other. Digital natives who are seen to be more knowledgable in the digital field are able to teach things to digital immigrants who were not brought up around the more recent type of technology. This is then where authority comes into play (although no one side necessrily has more power!). With a Communities of Practice everyone is there to learn from each other and therefore there is unlikely to be a hierachal divide. Whereas with Prensky's notion of natives and immigrants, it cant be helped that natives will have slightly more power although overall they are seen as equal, as in a COP. They know more about the digital world and therefore if the digital immigrants want to know more they will have to learn from the natives or just take more time to learn on their own. . But digital natives are also continuously learning at the same time as immigrants but they just absorb the information much more quickly, therefore they are basically at the same hierarchal level as each other.

Although also, with a COP there has to be someone of slight authority to keep and eye on proceedings, they are not there to enforce power but share their views and the things which they have learnt just like evryone else. Therefore I think both theorists are very relatable.