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Marc Prensky

American writer

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born
1946
died
2025
age at death
79
known for
writer, inventor

1946 – 2025

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Marc Prensky was an American writer and speaker on education. He was best known as the creator of the terms "digital native" and "digital immigrant" which he described in a 2001 article in On the Horizon.

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