Prensky

=Marc Prensky=

====Marc Prensky is a genius in the field of educational technology. He is a writer, programmer, speaker, and CEO of his own company, //Games2train//. Marc also created two educational sites dodgamecommunity.com and socialimpactgames.com. He is the author of three books and creator of over 50 programs for learning. Marc resides in New York City with his wife Rie and and son Sky.====

Prensky has many topics he speaks on to educators. Some of the following are the more tech-minded topics that would be beneficial for teachers:

 * Why youtube matters
 * Engage me or Enrage me
 * Using games for instruction
 * Don't bother me mom - I'm learning

====You can find detailed information on each of these topics at Marc's website speaking topics. You will find feedback from audiences of his speeches at his website.====

My Thoughts
Marc is full of ideas and useful information to teachers. His enthusiasm and modalities to reach students is beyond the average educator. Marc has many resources for the kindergarten teacher to the college prep instructor. I would love to have the opportunity to hear Marc Prensky speak about our every growing tech world!

//-Andy Luciano//

I find Marc Prensky's work to be very fascinating. Being a web developer myself and creating web apps, I find Marc's work to be very interesting. I do find that students that are "entertained" while learning seem to have that intrinsic drive to learning. Like it or not, today's kids rely so much on media usage that entertain and use a variety of technology. Using these things in schools only makes sense in aiding student's education.

-Chris Gargasz  I think that Marc Prensky is exactly the type of person that the education field needs today. Kids are so involved with video games and other media that it would be foolish of us not to tap into that for the good of education in general. I agree with Chris that using media like this in schools only makes logical sense. Kids are able to relate so much more to visual media today than they are to reading textbooks or listening to lectures. If they are going to spend their time online or playing video games anyways, why not have them be educated as well. I looked at Prensky's Games2train page and I really liked the "Battle of the Brains" game that is listed there. In this game, the teacher uploads questions and answers and students compete with each other to answer the most questions right. The format of the game is very video-game oriented and exciting, and I know for a fact that if my teachers were to utilize anything like this in any of my classes growing up we would have absolutely loved it! -Christie