Personal Computing and Its Impact on Education
This document is from the book Papert, S in Taylor, R. (1980). The computer in the school: Tutor, tool, tutee. NY: Teacher’s College Press. The text originally appeared in: Proceedings of the Gerard...
View ArticleOuttakes from Seymour Papert’s Squeakers DVD Interview
This interview appears to have been recorded for the 2002 Squeakers documentary DVD by a team from Ball State University. The transcription of the video may be found here. Tweet This PostThe post...
View ArticleLEGO, Logo, and Design
Attached is a 1988 paper written by the designers of LEGO TC Logo (the first robotics kit for children), Seymour Papert, Steve Ocko, and Mitchel Resnick. LEGO, Logo. and Design Resnick, Ocko,...
View ArticleSeymour Papert on Unleashing Children’s Musical Creativity
I just stumbled upon this short 1985 video clip (featuring Rena Upitis) that I had not seen before. Tweet This PostThe post Seymour Papert on Unleashing Children’s Musical Creativity appeared first on...
View Article“School of the Future” (1986)
In 1986, the MIT Media Lab made a laserdisc describing their research groups and mission. This video describes Seymour Papert’s Learning Research Group’s work at the Hennigan (middle) School in...
View ArticleSeymour Papert’s Opening of the London Knowledge Lab (2004)
Professor Seymour Papert was one of the invited speakers. Full video at https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/3004 Video: Opening of the London Knowledge Lab “Thank you and I owe you a debt too and I...
View ArticleOctober 18, 2021
“Our school systems are being strangled by the cost of this curious epidemic of learning disability.”Seymour Papert From Papert, S., March 16, 2000. Millennial Lecture at the Muskie Archives. Tweet...
View ArticleLaptops
Lots of schools are quick to tell me that they were the 3rd laptop school, but I know the first two for sure! By Gary Stager (2021) In July 1990, I made my first trip to Australia to speak at the...
View ArticleNew Book Honors the Legacy of Seymour Papert
All-star team of experts author book fifty years in the making This book may be the most important EdTech book in memory. I am enormously proud to not only share it with the world, but gratified to...
View ArticleLife Itself is a Project
Thai educator Nalin Tutiyaphuengprasert posted this excerpt from an interview with Seymour Papert. I hope to have more pieces from this session available soon. Tweet This PostThe post Life Itself is a...
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