Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, author, speaker, and designer in global education. He has spoken in 40 countries and authored over 100 essays and seven books: Education to Better Their World: Unleashing the Power of 21st Century Kids (2016), The World Needs a New Curriculum (2015), From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom (2012), Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom (2012), Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning (2010), Don't Bother Me, Mom, I'm Learning (2006), and Digital Game-Based Learning (2001). His writings have been translated into a dozen languages.

Marc is currently the founder and executive director of The Global Future Education Foundation and Institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the further empowerment of our world's new Globally Empowered Kids through an Education to Better Their World.

Marc holds an MBA from Harvard and a master's degree in Teaching from Yale. He worked for six years at the Boston Consulting Group, founded and ran a game-based learning software company for over a decade, and has taught at all levels.

Marc's writings and speaking schedule can be found at www.marcprensky.com. The website of his new book is bettertheirworld.org.