Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning
“Marc Prensky’s understanding of how school-age digital natives learn underpins his prescient ‘pedagogy of partnering.’ He looks to the learner as the first consideration in the educational equation. The insightful advice and gentle guidance Marc provides classroom teachers directly assist them in moving powerful digital tools into the right hands…their students’! Marc’s understanding that the pedagogy of partnering is built on a relationship of co-learning is fundamental to the 21st-century classroom. This book looks to the future with an urgent spirit of possibility and promise!”(David Engle, Superintendent 2009-11-17)"InTeaching Digital Natives, Marc Prensky redefines the whole problem of digitally savvy kids being taught by un-digitally-savvy teachers. Rather than bemoaning, as nearly everyone else has, what teachers do not know, he celebrates what they do know and what they can do. He shows how teachers and students together can pool knowledge and engage in collective intelligence to make both teachers and students—and society—smarter in the act.This book is a must-read for anyone interested in school reform and 21st-century learning."(James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Chief Learning Scientist, Center for Games and Impact 2009-11-18)“Core curriculum, 21st-century skills, rigor, and methodology are outlined in a way all educators can appreciate and implement.Teaching Digital Nativesis a must for all educators who strive to meet the emerging demands of our profession.”(Jere Vyverberg, Superintendent 2009-11-18)“Prensky takes the task of marshalling 21st-century technologies for classroom instruction to a practical level that teachers can both understand and apply immediately. The concept of partnering and allowing both teachers and students to capitalize on their strengths clarifies the issue for educators. The good news: teachers don’t have to be masters of technology to master the 21st-century classroom. Prensky has developed a new map for a new era of teaching and learning that educators will find a breeze to navigate, and well worth the trip!”(Jon Ben-Asher, Principal 2009-11-17)“InTeaching Digital Natives, Prensky laments the fact that many educators today think students have short attention spans. He points out that although this may be true in the context of school, most students concentrate just fine on things that interest them. The book then explains to educators how to make school an interesting place for students with a partnering pedagogy.”(Lisa Nielsen, Educator, Speaker, Author 2009-11-17)“Teaching Digital Nativesis a must-read book for those of us who use technology, those who need more details about why we must use technology in our teaching, and for all teachers of teachers to use as a crucial text in their classes.”(Ted Nellen, Teacher 2009-11-18)“Marc Prensky assimilates teaching, learning, and technology into a brilliant how-to for 21st-century teachers and students. This book will set the educational preparation world on its heels with a compelling argument for positive change.”(Lawrence L. Smith, Professor of Elementary Education 2009-11-09)“This book is a must-read for any educator who wants to successfully work with the digital generation.”(Ian Jukes, Author of Teaching the Digital Generation 2009-11-18)“A truly great and inspiring book.Teaching Digital Nativesis required reading for educators who want to reach out and engage students in their classrooms.”(Randon Ruggles, Teacher 2009-11-18)“Marc Prensky’s introduction of the partnering concept for teaching and learning is brilliant in its simplicity. The real power ofTeaching Digital Nativesis that the author has carefully defined and redefined the roles of teachers, learners, and parents with concrete examples and practical hints. I found myself anticipating each ‘practical tips’ box with excitement. Finally someone has written a book for teachers that goes beyond pedagogy and philosophy, giving teachers something they can use on Monday morning!”(Sandy Fivecoat, CEO 2009-11-17)“Loved, loved, loved it!”(Amber Teamann, Title I Technology Facilitator 2009-11-18)"This wonderful book should be mandatory reading for all teachers and administrators. I am changing my teaching style to be more proactive. I want to be a teacher who coaches and motivates students for a better future."(Angela Johnson, Spanish Teacher 2010-08-13)"Does a very good job of delineating the world inhabited by the current generation of learners and the implications for teachers and those who run schools."(Greg Kearsley 2011-10-12)"Marc Prensky has one of the best "pulses" on today’s students, and I believe in his new book he has provided us with some brilliant suggestions. I encourage all K-12 teachers to read the book, and I challenge all educators to use Marc’s suggestions in their teacher preparation programs. We will all do a better job if we attend to the content of this book. It is an outstanding contribution to education."(Lawrence L. Smith, PhD, Professor of Elementary Education 2012-07-23)"I would definitely use this book with Masters-level and doctoral students in teacher education to provoke them to think about teaching and learning in more critical and innovative ways. Reading Prensky’s book would be a catalyst for giving partnering, coaching, guiding, questioning, and facilitating versus telling more time in their classrooms. I hear many teachers say they want to be coaches and guides in their classrooms, but they don’t know how to do this. In this book, Prensky lays out ways they can accomplish this goal."Prensky’s book has the potential to impact both policy and practice in education, and it definitely provides a vision for the future regarding what 21st century teaching and learning should be like. Prensky offers a highly innovative, forward thinking, critical, and potentially transformative way of thinking about the connections between teaching and learning for 21st century students, our digital natives."(Dr. Barbara B. Levin, Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education 2012-07-23)"I am using your bookTeaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learningwith my class (Technology and Instruction) because it is, in my opinion, the first book that has it all! To that end, we are blogging together on each of the chapters. All the best and keep writing great things... you are an inspiration!"(Whittney Smith, Ed.D. Adjunct Professor of Technology and Learning, High School Principal 2012-07-23)"I am using your book in the graduate course I am teaching. I am a middle school Assistant Principal on Long Island and completely embrace your theory on teaching as partnering. I know we are in an educational crisis, our kids are BORED, especially at the secondary level. The concept of Guided Questions reminds me of the training I had many years ago in Junior Great Books when I taught six grade to English language learners (guided inquiry questions). It's a strategy I completely embraced. I am hopeful to be part of the paradigm shift we so desperately need in our schools, which is why I am using your book."(Susan Wright, Graduate Couse Instructor, Elementary School Assistant Principal 2012-07-23)"After reading Marc Prensky's books and watching my son learn more from playing his video game than the 3 books I have made him read this summer, I have decided to try my very hardest to make my classroom a 21st Century classroom and partner with my students in their education. I have a passion for teaching in particular math and science, and hope I can use my passion to uncover my student's passions and interests. I want to thank Marc Prensky for writing his books and giving me the inspiration to be a better teacher."(Emily, Teacher 2012-08-10)