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An expert perspective on 21st century education

What can you learn on a cell phone? Almost anything! How does that concept fit with our traditional system of education? It doesn't. Best-selling author and futurist Marcnbsp;Prensky's book of essays challenges educators to "reboot" and make the changes necessary to prepare students for 21st century careers and living. His "bottom-up" vision includes students' ideas about what they need from teachers, schools, and education. Also featured are easy-to-do, high-impact classroom strategies that help students acquire "digital wisdom." This thought-provoking text is organized into two sections that address:

Rethinking education (including what and how we teach and measuring learning) 21st century learning and technology in the classroom (including games, YouTube, and more)

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• Foreword(p. vii)
• About the Author(p. ix)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Part 1 Rethinking Education(p. 11)
• 1 The Reformers are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century(p. 13)
• 2 On Learning(p. 33)
• 3 Education as Rocket Science(p. 51)
• 4 Turning on the Lights(p. 55)
• 5 Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants(p. 67)
• 6 The Emerging Online Life of the Digital Native(p. 86)
• 7 Young Minds, Fast Times(p. 101)
• 8 Blame Our Young? Or Use Their Passion!(p. 108)
• 9 To Educate, We Must Listen(p. 111)
• 10 Bringing the Future to School: The Prensky Challenge(p. 115)
• 11 Open Letter to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation(p. 118)
• Questions for Reflection(p. 123)
• Part 2 21st Century Learning, and Technology in the Classroom(p. 125)
• 12 The Role of Technology in Teaching and the Classroom(p. 127)
• 13 Backup Education?(p. 131)
• 14 Simple Changes in Current Practices May Save Our Schools(p. 135)
• 15 The Longer View: Why YouTube Matters(p. 139)
• 16 Beyond the Lemonade Stand(p. 153)
• 17 Types of Learning and Possible Game Styles(p. 156)
• 18 On Being Disrespected(p. 158)
• 19 Lef's Be "Digital Multipliers"(p. 161)
• 20 Search Versus Research(p. 165)
• 21 Simulation Nation(p. 172)
• 22 What can you Learn From a Cell Phone? Almost Anything!(p. 179)
• 23 The True 21st Century Literacy is Programming(p. 192)
• Epilogue: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom(p. 201)
• Questions for Reflection(p. 216)
• Final Note(p. 217)
• Credits(p. 218)
• Index(p. 221)

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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 magazinecalled 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 Technologymagazine.

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.