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Marc Prensky is one of the world¿s leading educational futurists and a permanently licensed New York City high school teacher, who has taught at all levels from elementary through college. He taught math and reading for four years at Benjamin Franklin High School (formerly a public high school in East Harlem, NY City) and student-taught at the elementary and junior high levels in New Haven, Connecticut¿s public and private schools. Prensky also directed and taught at a storefront "Street Academy" for high school dropouts in East Harlem, New York City, and taught at Wagner College on Staten Island. He has tutored math and science at all levels and abilities, from elementary school kids, to non-reading high schoolers, to graduate business students. Prensky¿s recent professional focus has been on reinventing the learning process, and he is considered one of the world¿s leading experts on the connection between games and learning. His innovative combination of educational tools and game technology - including the world¿s first fast-action videogame-based corporate training tool - is being accepted throughout schools, government and corporate America. - strategy+business magazine called Prensky "That rare visionary who implements."
- The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time and Fortune all have recognized Prensky¿s work. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN/fn, and most recently on the February 2, 2010 edition of PBS Frontline, Digital Nation.
Prensky¿s educational background includes degrees from Oberlin, Yale, Middlebury, and The Harvard Business School (with distinction). Mr. Prensky has published numerous articles (see www.marcprensky.com/writing) many of which have been cover stories in Edutopia, Educational Leadership, Greentree Gazette and Across the Board. He is a regular columnist for Educational Technology magazine. He is the author of 3 books: Digital Game Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001); Don¿t Bother Me, Mom, I¿m Learning (Paragon, 2005); and Teaching Digital Natives (Corwin, 2010). A fulltime consultant and popular keynoter, he is now working with schools and teachers at all levels across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He has a large following because of his consulting, writing, keynoting and his website.
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