Marc Prensky

"In an age where the answer to every question is at your fingertips, where does the human brain fit in?" In one hand-held object, we are able to manage all of our calendars, documents, and interpersonal relationships with such ease that many people are lost when forced to do perform these tasks without the aid of electronics. Often heard are the calls for less technology and more face-to-face interaction, for fear that the use of all this artificial intelligence is dampening our own ability to think. Author Marc Prensky has a different idea. In this controversial and well-argued treatise, Prensky offers the idea that rather than stunting the mind—that most essential aspect of an individual's intelligence and sense of self—smart technology (and smart use of technology) enhances our humanity in ways that the brain on its own never could. Through scores of fascinating examples, Prensky shows that the symbiotic combination of the human brain and technology—from marrying the brain's strengths such as sense-making and complex reasoning abilities with technology's strengths like storing and processing large amounts of data—has great benefits for our own cognitive functioning. How should we best combine the strengths of mind and machine for maximum benefit? Prensky's call is for digital wisdom—a new interconnectedness between human and technology that is already enabling Homo Sapiens to begin the journey into the next stages of cognitive evolution.

Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom

Brain Gain

Today's workforce is quicker, sharper, more visually oriented, and more technology-savvy than ever. To truly benefit from the Digital Natives' learning power and enthusiasm, traditional training methods must adapt to the way people learn today. Written by the founder of Games2train, this innovative book is filled with examples and information to meet the demands of both educators and employers.

Digital Game-Based Learning

In his latest book, internationally renowned educator and futurist Marc Prensky presents a compelling alternative to how and what we teach our children. Prensky argues that a routinely taught combination of mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies increasingly leaves the bulk of our students woefully unprepared for the future. Drawing on emerging world trends, he elaborates a comprehensive vision for K-12 education that includes new goals, new means, a new curriculum, a new kind of teaching, and a new use of technology. This is a book ultimately about developing young people's capacity to accomplish things that will make the world a better place, using means never before available. It offers an innovative and achievable vision for a Global Future Education that will better prepare all students from diverse backgrounds. Following the author's original ideas about Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants, this volume promises to have an important impact on the educational conversations over the coming years. Visit the book website at Bettertheirworld.org.

Unleashing the Power of 21st-Century Kids

Education to Better Their World

The World Needs a New Curriculum

Argues that video and computer games prepare today's children for success by teaching such critical skills as collaboration, prudent risk taking, strategy formulation, and ethical decision-making.

How Computer and Video Games are Preparing Your Kids for 21st Century Success - and How You Can Help!

Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning!

In un mondo in cui la risposta a ogni domanda è a portata di mano, quale spazio resta alla mente dell’uomo?Oggi, grazie a oggetti che occupano poco più che il palmo della nostra mano, siamo in grado di gestire calendari, documenti e rapporti personali con una facilità tale che molti restano disorientati quando si trovano a dover eseguire queste operazioni senza l’ausilio dell’elettronica. Non è raro, allora, ascoltare gli appelli allarmati di chi invoca una minore invasione della tecnologia a favore di un’interazione diretta, nel timore che un ricorso eccessivo all’intelligenza artificiale condizioni negativamente la nostra capacità di pensare. Marc Prensky, celebre opinion leader e interprete dei cambiamentiche la rivoluzione digitale ha portato al nostro modo di vivere, non la pensa così. In questo saggio, controverso e discusso, egli dimostra che un uso intelligente della tecnologia potenzia la mente e le sue abilità, piuttosto che inibirle. Attraverso decine di esempi, l’autore illustra come una combinazione ragionata delle capacità del pensiero, come l’assunzione di decisioni o il ragionamento complesso, con le possibilità concesse dalla tecnologia, come l’archiviazione ed elaborazione di grandi quantità di dati, porti indubbi benefici al nostro funzionamento cognitivo.Come fare in modo, allora, che mente e tecnologia estendano a vicenda i rispettivi potenziali? La risposta di Prensky è: ricercando la saggezza digitale, un’interconnessione tra umano e tecnologico che consenta all’homo sapiens di cogliere le maggiori sfide del XX secolo, affrontando con efficacia le prossime fasi dell’evoluzione cognitiva.

La mente aumentata. Dai nativi digitali alla saggezza digitale.

Prensky presents a model for 21st-century teaching and learning, in which students become learners and creators of knowledge through technology while teachers guide and assess student learning.

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