Papert has been criticized for taking video games seriously–and for soliciting a $3 million grant from Nintendo to develop learning tools that look and feel more like video games than schoolbooks. The three-year project ended last year, but Papert makes no apologies for it. “Change in education isn’t just going to come from ivory-tower academics,” he says. “It’s going to come from all sectors; academia, yes, but also from industry, from toy makers–that’s part of the culture of children.”
Hill, D. (1993) Inventing the Future. In Education Week January 12, 1993.
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