Marc Prensky

Brainstormer, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Idea generator, Inventor, Musician, Parent, Technologist, Writer/Editor

Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, speaker, writer, consultant, and game designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the author of Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001), Don’t Bother Me Mom – I’m Learning (Paragon House, 2006) and the forthcoming Partnering With Our Digital Learners: Teaching for 21st Century Success. (Corwin 2009). Marc’s articles on education have been published in Educational Leadership, Educause, Edutopia, Educational Technology and many other publications worldwide. Marc is the Founder and CEO of Games2train, whose clients include IBM, Bank of America, Microsoft, Pfizer, the U.S. Department of Defense and the LA and Florida Virtual Schools. Marc has created over 50 software games for learning, including the world's first fast-action videogame-based training tools. He has taught at all levels, been featured in The NY Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the BBC, and was named as one of training’s top 10 “visionaries” by Training magazine. He holds a Master’s in Teaching from Yale and an MBA from Harvard. For Marc’s products, see www.games2train.com . For Marc's writings, see www.marcprensky.com/writing.

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"serious" computer and video games, education, Learning Technology