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Marc Prensky, Keynote
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Marc Prensky [email_address]
www.marcprensky.com © 2007 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky Handheld Learning 2007 October 11, 2007 London, UK
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My Latest Book:
© 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky How Computer and Video Games Are Preparing Your Kids for Twenty-first Century Success – and How You Can Help!
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How many of
you have sent an email in the past 24 hours? © 2007 Marc Prensky
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“ Email is
for old people ” – A student © 2007 Marc Prensky – A headline in The Chronicle of Higher Education
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“ Most of
us prefer to walk backward into the future… © 2007 Marc Prensky
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… a posture
which may be uncomfortable… © 2007 Marc Prensky
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… but which
at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.” -- Charles Handy © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2003 Marc
Prensky 21 st CENTURY EDUCATOR © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky CHANGE TIME Our Lives © 2007 Marc Prensky We are here Discontinuity: Digital Technology
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Yahoo search Google search Email IM iPod vPod TV You Tube Hard drives Flash memory … and tool switching is already close to instantaneous
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky CHANGE TIME Our Students’ Lives © 2007 Marc Prensky
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[our kids were]
“born to the idea of rapid change” -- Nicola Griffith in Slow River (1995) © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky The change that is THREATENING to the Immigrants…
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky The change that is THREATENING to the Immigrants… … is EMPOWERING to the natives!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky It means the nature of education is changing!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Inventing new tools to solve problems 21 st Century+ Solving problems with the tools we have Pre - 21 st Century
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Helping Students Invent New Tools? How many teachers see their job as
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky That’s why Handhelds are SO IMPORTANT!
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“ We grow
up interacting – through computers and through our cell phones – and that’s how we learn. – A graduate student © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Yet, we have been educating our kids with the same generation of technology AS THIS:
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky 18 th Century Childbirth
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Medicine has moved into the 21 st century; WHY HASN’T EDUCATION?
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“ Why do
we have to adapt to the past? Why shouldn’t we be taught to in different ways!” – A College student © 2007 Marc Prensky
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Why You Should
Want Your Kids to Have Handhelds © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky CHANGE YEARS Timeline © 2007 Marc Prensky 5 10 15 20 25 30 Technology 1 billion times more powerful Machines more powerful than the human brain Implanted / wearable Real-time environments Handheld computers with Power of today’s super-c Mobile phone wallets
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© 2003 Marc
Prensky 21 st CENTURY EDUCATOR © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky When will all this change END!??
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky IT WON’T !!!
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We have to
GET USED TO the Idea of Rapid Change! © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky … even in our Schools!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky The world our kids inhabit is already hugely different from our own
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“ You look
at technology as a tool. We look at technology as a foundation – it’s totally integrated into what we do.” – a student © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky It’s time to TURN AROUND!!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky And FACE the future
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“ Feel the
fear – and do it anyway!” -- Elizabeth Moon in The Speed of Dark (2003) © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2006 Marc
Prensky What if we don’t?
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© 2006 Marc
Prensky
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Of course, our
kids can always get the hi-touch non-offshorable jobs… © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky So let’s talk about…
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky 21 st century kids…
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Who ARE
these people, anyway! © 2007 Marc Prensky
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not “ little
us’s” anymore! © 2007 Marc Prensky
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Today’s younger learners
are NOT the ones our systems (and teachers) were designed and trained to teach! © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ©
2007 Marc Prensky
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Is their BIRTHRIGHT!
© 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Sky (b. 2005)
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky
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“ [Young people]
are not just using technology differently today, but are approaching their life and their daily activities differently because of the technology.” --Net Day “Speak-up Day” Summary © 2007 Marc Prensky
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The emerging ONLINE
LIFE of the Digital Native © 2007 Marc Prensky
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“ The single
largest differentiator … is the social network.” -- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates © 2007 Marc Prensky
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“ The single
largest differentiator … is the social network.” -- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Equity?
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Yes, some have more access than others, BUT THEY ARE ALL DIGITAL KIDS
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky They are great at sharing, teaching each other, and getting what they need
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky And we need to help make this happen!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Instead of bemoaning the “digital divide”, we can be a big part of the Solution!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky That’s another place Handhelds can help!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky WHY are so many kids tuning out of today’s school?
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BORED They’re ©
2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky DEATH To
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“ Whenever I
go to school I have to ‘power down’ ” – a high school student © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky
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It’s not attention
deficit – I’m just not listening! © 2005 Marc Prensky © 2005 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky WHY are our kids SO BORED In school?
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky 1. We’re not teaching them the right stuff
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky TRUE!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Because we are too focused on the past
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky And not on their FUTURE!
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“ My passion
is my future.” – a student © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky CHANGE YEARS © 2007 Marc Prensky 5 10 15 20 25 30 Technology 1 billion times more powerful Machines more powerful than the human brain Implanted / wearable Real-time environments Handheld computers with Power of today’s super-c Mobile phone wallets
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky We have to integrate the future into our curriculum!
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Nanotechnology Bioethics Programming
Genomics Proteomics Biomimickry Today’s Kids Need © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky For Logical Thinking: 2 semesters geometry? PROGRAMMING Integrated into all subjects
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Kids need to learn HTML Cyber English:
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Kids need to learn SIMULATION Cyber Social Studies
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Kids need to learn MULTIPLE LANGUAGE TEXTING Cyber Foreign Languages
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We have to
teach Our kids Twenty-first Century Skills! © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky 21 st Century Skills
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Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky How do I do all that in this era of Standards and Assessments ?????
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky We have to find a way!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky My approach: “ Curriculum Deletion”
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Right now we are full You can’t add something about the future unless you delete something from the past
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky WHY are our kids SO BORED In school?
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky 2. We’re not teaching in the right way
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky ALSO TRUE!
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky THINGS HAVE CHANGED We’re not in the 18 th century anymore, Toto
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Metaphor
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Kids used to
grow Up in the dark © 2007 Marc Prensky
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Prensky
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Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky
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We were the
people © 2007 Marc Prensky Who Showed Students The Light
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Today’s kids Grow up in the light
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky SCHOOL
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky
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We want to
be the people © 2007 Marc Prensky who Show Students the Light
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The danger is
that… © 2007 Marc Prensky
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With the very
best of intentions, © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky We pull students out of the light into darkness!
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CAN WE TURN
ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky For the first time,
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky our schools
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Have some serious competition
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The kind of
learning we want… © 2007 Marc Prensky
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… where students
learn in new ways… © 2007 Marc Prensky
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… where they’re
highly motivated to learn, both on their own and with their peers… © 2007 Marc Prensky
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… is already
happening. © 2007 Marc Prensky
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Outside of school…
© 2007 Marc Prensky
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… without us!
© 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky “ After School” (21 st century learning) Future Learning Stuff they Know they Need PULLED BY THEM = Exciting Today’s Education is Bifurcating Quickly “ School” (Credentials) Legacy Stuff Stuff that is Irrelevant PUSHED ON THEM = Boring
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“ We decided
to bypass the schools.” – Deborah Schwartz, MOMA © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky
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“ Avoid the
schools!” – Dr. James Rosser © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky
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“ The greatest
opportunity for change is currently found in after-school programs and informal learning communities.” – MacArthur White Paper © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky
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CAN SCHOOL COMPETE?
© 2007 Marc Prensky
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CAN WE TURN
ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky “ There’s so much separation between how students think and how teachers think” -- a (female) high school junior
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky
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3D PRINTER ©
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky “ After school,” the kids have already found a better way to learn
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky “ A New Paradigm” For Learning
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Kids being taught Kids teaching themselves (with guidance) Old Paradigm New Paradigm BOREDOM ENGAGEMENT
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The old paradigm
requires no technology The new paradigm demands it! © 2007 Marc Prensky
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In the old
paradigm, technology can hinder. In the new paradigm technology is required! © 2007 Marc Prensky
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The Five Stages
of Teachers and Technology © 2007 Marc Prensky
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TECHNOLOGY © 2007
Marc Prensky 1. Hiding
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky 2. Panic
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TECHNOLOGY © 2007
Marc Prensky 3. Acceptance
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TECH-NOLOGY © 2007
Marc Prensky 4. Comfort
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5. Power TECH-
NOLOGY © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Today’s kids know The power of technology…
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky Because they can make it do what they need
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What’s different about
the new technology is that it is programmable. – Alan Kay © 2007 Marc Prensky
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky PROGRAMMING Is making a machine do what YOU want
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky The kids know they are the ones who can program
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© 2007 Marc
Prensky
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The kids know
Programming is the Key Tool and Literacy of the 21st Century © 2007 Marc Prensky
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Things Requiring Programming
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