Marc Prensky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Marc Prensky

American inventor

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1946

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: writer, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Marc Prensky

  • Marc Prensky (born March 15, 1946, New York City, United States) is an American writer and speaker on education.
  • He is best known as the inventor and popularizer of the terms "Digital native" and "digital immigrant" which he described in a 2001 article in "On the Horizon".Prensky holds degrees from Oberlin College (1966), Middlebury College (MA, 1967), Yale University (1968) and the Harvard Business School (1980).
  • He is the author of seven books: Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill 2001), Don't Bother Me Mom – I'm Learning (Paragon House 2006), Teaching Digital Natives (Corwin Press 2010), From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning (2012), Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom (2012), The World Needs a New Curriculum (The Global Future Education Foundation, 2014), Education To Better Their World: Unleashing the power of 21st century kids (Teachers College Press, 2016) and 100 essays on learning and education.
  • Prensky also designed the first first-person-shooter game for corporate training (Straight Shooter, 1987) and a suite of eight learning game templates (For Corporate Gameware in 1996.)Prensky began his career as a teacher in Harlem, New York.
  • He has taught in elementary school, (New Haven CT), high school (New York, NY), and college (Wagner College, Staten Island, NY) He worked for six years (1981-1987) as a corporate strategist and product development director with the Boston Consulting Group, and six years (1993-1999) for Bankers Trust on Wall St., where he created game-based training for financial traders, and started an internal division, Corporate Gameware, later spun out as games2train.

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