[Yr7-10it] Marc Prensky in Melbourne

[Tony Forster]

MARC PRENSKY (USA)
Tuesday February 28
5pm - 7pm
ACMI Federation Square, Melbourne
FREE ADMISSION

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - Phone ACMI Screen Education 8663 2441

Presented by ACMI, DE&T E-Learning and the Learning with Computer Games ASISTM Cluster

'Engage Me or Enrage Me'
Marc Prensky is a leading advocate of games for learning (or training) who argues that young people today expect different approaches to learning. In this presentation Marc approaches the modern situation where educators are struggling to find ways to get today's kids more involved in their schoolwork. The key, says Prensky, is not curriculum, certification or testing, but rather 'engagement'. He argues forcefully that this generation is NOT in need of better content, but of more engaging approaches, more understanding, and 21st century skills. To best help today's unengaged students learn, says Prensky, we need to provide them with learning that motivates them, and the first place to look for help is where the kids are already involved most - in their games. In this talk, through numerous examples, Prensky shows specifically how games engage kids, and how educators can employ and benefit from not only existing games but also the powerful educational principles behind them.

Marc Prensky is the author of "Engage Me or Enrage Me" and "Digital Game Based Learning" and the founder and CEO of Games2train, a game-based learning company whose clients include IBM, Bank of America, Nokia, and the USA Department of Defence. He is also the founder of The Digital Multiplier, an organization dedicated to eliminating the digital divide in learning worldwide.

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