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Marc Prensky (born March 15, 1946 in New York City) is an American writer and speaker on learning and 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".〔http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf〕 Prensky holds degrees from Oberlin College (1966), Yale University (1968) and the Harvard Business School (1980). He is the author of ''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), and over 60 essays on learning and education. Prensky is also a designer of learning games, and a well-known expert in the use of games in education. Prensky began his career as a teacher in Harlem, New York, and has taught at all levels, from elementary to college. Additionally, he spent time on the corporate side as a corporate strategist and product development director with the Boston Consulting Group, as well as, a human resource and technology executive on Wall Street. == Focus and Research == Prensky's professional focus is on K-12 education reform, particularly by helping teachers change their pedagogy in ways that are more effective for 21st century students and by advocating for a change to a passion led, problem-solving-methodology-based curriculum. He has advocated for the students in the educational process, and has initiated educator-student dialogs about the teaching process around the world. Prensky offers a different perspective on the learning process, based on the premise that the children of today are experiencing life and education very differently from generations past. He states that he hopes to motivate children through their passion for technology through games, internet, and cell phones. He believes that through technology we can reach out to children and help them to enjoy learning. He has been named a "guiding star of the new parenting movement" by Parental Intelligence Newsletter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marc Prensky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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