# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-prensky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:22:11.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-prensky"
name: "Marc Prensky"
slug: "marc-prensky"
description: "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."
tagline: "American writer"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-03-15"
deathDate: "2025-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           9.22178
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.marcprensky.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump