Prensky

=Marc Prensky=

Mark Prensky is an innovator in the field of learning games. He has multiple web sites dedicated to video games designed to help the learning process. He first coined the terms, “digital native” and “digital immigrant” to describe the differences between today’s youth who are growing up in a digital society and the rest of us! He has written multiple books on the subject: //Teaching Digital Natives// (2010), //Don’t Bother Me Mom – I’m Learning//(2005) and //Digital Game-Based Learning//(2001). These books along with dozens of published articles encourage the use of video games and other engaging activities in the learning process. Prensky’s e-learning company, Games2train, has worked with companies such as IBM, Nokia and the US Department of Defense.

Marc Prensky, a native of New York City, holds an undergraduate degree in French from Oberlin College as well as a Master’s that he earned while in France. He also holds two additional Master’s degrees, one in education from Yale and the other in business at the acclaimed Harvard Business School.

I find Prensky’s ideas intriguing. I do agree that students need to learn in more engaging ways, and these ways often involve new technology however, technology is not keeping up with their interests. Now, when we give kids assignments to do on the computer, it is hard to give them something that keeps their interest. I am interested in looking into Prensky’s Games2train site more to see if there is anything there that might fit the bill. This challenge is then worsened by the constant improvement of technology. There are new ideas, but not always the equipment to implement. Prensky believes that schools owe it to students to update technology ever year to give the skills that they need to be on the cutting edge, however we all know that this idea is fiscally improbable!

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