Marc Prensky Professions : WriterBorn : March 15, 1946 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Marc Prensky Today's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Marc Prensky educationaltodaypeople We live in a screen age, and to say to a kid, ‘I’d love for you to look at a book but I hate it when you look at the screen’ is just bizarre. It reflects our own prejudices and comfort zone. It’s nothing but fear of change, of being left out. Marc Prensky hatekidsbook Our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language Marc Prensky digitalstruggleage Let's admit the real reason that we ban cell phones is that, given the opportunity to use them, students would vote with their attention, just as adults would 'vote with their feet' by leaving the room when a presentation is not compelling. Marc Prensky realeducationopportunity Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writerAll Authors
