The Annual Leadership Conference

 

Featuring: Marc Prensky

 

 

Date:                     Thursday, October 8, 2009

 

Time:                     8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 

Location:               Bridgewater State College, John J. Moakley Center Auditorium

 

Topic:                    Literacy 2.0: Making Sense of Technology in the 21st Century

 

Marc Prensky Bio

Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the author of Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001),and Don't Bother Me Mom -- I'm Learning (Paragon House 2005), the founder and CEO of Games2train (whose clients include IBM, Nokia, Pfizer, the US Department of Defense and the LA and Florida Virtual Schools).

Marc has created over 50 software games for learning, including the world's first fast-action videogame-based training tools and world-wide, multi-player, multi-team on-line competitions. He has also taught at all levels. Marc has been featured in articles in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the BBC, and was named as one of training's top 10 "visionaries" by Training magazine.

The reason we are having problems with education in the twenty-first century is that everything is changing exponentially – especially the students. They are no longer ―little us'es, as they were in the past, and so for them to learn, we can’t do education the same old way. Despite our training and preferences as teachers and educators, we have to change. In this presentation Prensky describes several key areas where change in attitudes and behaviors on the part of educators is necessary, including understanding our students, dealing with exponential change, achieving mutual respect, and sharing our successes. 

Seating is limited. RSVP no later than October 2nd. Please reply to CLC@bridgew.edu or lturner@bridgew.edu. Include your name, the names of those attending with you, your school district, and your email address. An email will be sent to confirm the process.

***If you are not currently a Curriculum Leadership Center member, a $25.00 per person fee will be charged****