Foreword by Milton Chen
About the Author
Introduction
I. Rethinking Education
1. The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century
2. On Learning
3. Educaiton as Rocket Science
4. Turning On the Lights
5. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
6. The Emerging Online Life of the Digital Native
7. Young Minds, Fast Times
8. Blame Our Young? Or Use Their Passion!
9. To Educate, We Must Listen
10. Bringing the Future to School: The Prensky Challenge
11. An Open Letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Questions for Reflection
II. 21st Century Learning, and Technology in the Classroom
12. The Role of Technology in Teaching and the Classroom
13. Backup Education?
14. Simple Changes in Current Practices May Save Our Schools
15. The Longer View: Why YouTube Matters
16. Beyond the Lemonade Stand
17. Types of Learning and Possible Game Styles
18. On Being Disrespected
19. Let′s Be "Digital Multipliers"
20. Search Versus Research
21. Simulation Nation
22. What Can You Learn From a Cell Phone? Almost Anything!
23. The True 21st Century Literacy Is Programming
Epilogue: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom
Questions for Reflection
Final Note
Index
Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer,
consultant, futurist, visionary, and inventor in the critical areas
of education and learning. He is the author of several critically
acclaimed books and over 60 articles on education and learning,
including multiple articles in Educational Leadership, Educause,
Edutopia, and Educational Technology.
Marc’s presentations around the world challenge and inspire
audiences by opening up their minds to new ideas and approaches to
education. One of his critically important perspectives is to look
at education through the eyes of the students—during his talks, he
interviews hundreds of students every year.
Marc’s professional focus has been on reinventing the learning
process, combining the motivation of student passion, technology,
games, and other highly engaging activities with the driest content
of formal education. He is the founder of two companies:
Games2train, an e-learning company whose clients include IBM, Bank
of America, Microsoft, Pfizer, the U.S. Department of Defense, and
Florida’s and Los Angeles’s Virtual Schools; and Spree Learning, an
online educational games company.
Marc is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection
between games and learning, and was called by Strategy+Business
magazine “that rare visionary who implements.” He has designed and
built over 50 software games in his career, including
worldwide,multiuser games and simulations that run on all
platforms, from the Internet to cell phones. MoneyU
(www.moneyu.com), his latest project, is an innovative, engaging,
and effective game for teaching financial literacy to high school
and college students. Marc is also the creator of
www.spreelearninggames.com and www.socialimpactgames.com.His
products and ideas are innovative, provocative, and challenging,
and they clearly show the way of the future.
The NewYork Times,The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek,TIME, Fortune,
and The Economist have all recognized Marc’s work. He has appeared
on FOX News, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS’s Computer Currents, the Canadian and
Australian Broadcasting Corporations, and the BBC. Marc also writes
a column for Educational Technology. He was named as one of
training’s top “New Breed of Visionaries” by Training magazine and
was cited as a “guiding star of the new parenting movement” by
Parental Intelligence Newsletter.
Marc’s background includes master’s degrees from Yale, Middlebury,
and Harvard Business School (with distinction). He has taught at
all levels, from elementary to college. He is a concert musician
and has acted on Broadway. He spent six years as a corporate
strategist and product development director with the Boston
Consulting Group and worked in human resources and technology on
Wall Street.
“Bringing together several of his always-provocative essays to
describe his vision for the future of education, Marc Prensky
offers several insights that are sure to spark a conversation and
force you to question your convictions about education. Perhaps the
most important one is that we should listen to the students
themselves and use their insights to inform us in how we can help
them succeed.”
*Michael Horn, Co-Author of Disrupting Class and Executive
Director*
"In a set of thought-provoking essays, Marc Prensky shows that the
digital age is poised to disrupt learning. He provides a glimpse of
a digital future few might imagine."
*Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
and Area Dean of Applied Physics*
“Marc Prensky′s phrase "digital natives" has entered the
international lexicon, and he continues to offer insightful and
even startling commentary as we move ever deeper into the heart of
an exciting new cultural era."
*Lawrence Lipsitz, Editor*
"In this fine collection of essays, Marc Prensky does what few
education thinkers today seem willing or able to do: engage in
breakthrough thinking about teaching and learning while also
honoring teachers, students, and their futures!"
*David Engle, former Superintendent and Principal, Educational
Leader*
undefinedundefinedundefined "Marc Prensky has been a thought leader
for this generation of forward-thinking educators. This collection
of essays will push you, inspire you and challenge your beliefs
about what students can do."
*Chris Lehmann, Founding Principal*
"The author′s first-person experiences as an educator directing
these young ′digital natives′ with the wisdom of an experienced
educator makes this rich with examples pulled from classroom
interactions."
*Midwest Book Review, April 2012*
"My 6 year old son really opened my eyes to the truth in your
writings. My son is very bright, but he claims he hates school and
he fights me at home when I try to get him to read or practice his
writing. But he LOVES games! Some days he would come home from
school and ask to go online and have me find a website for him that
they used at school. These games got him to practice the skills I
wanted him to but in a way that engaged him."
*Emily, Teacher*
"This collection of essays is a must read for all 21st century
educators."
*Library Media Reivew, Vol 21 #2. October 2012*
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