Sherry Turkle Remembers Seymour Papert
Sherry Turkle’s comments about Seymour Papert were one of the highlights of the 2017 MIT Media Lab celebration of Seymour Papert’s life.... Read More
Constructionism: A New Opportunity for Elementary Science Education
There are countless dissertations citing the 1986 NSF proposal, Constructionism: A New Opportunity for Elementary Science Education, by MIT Professor Seymour Papert.... Read More
Powerful Idea Du Jour from Seymour Papert
“Once I was alerted to the concept of “hard fun” I began listening for it and heard it over and over. It... Read More
Today’s Thought from Seymour Papert
“Two fundamental ideas run through this book. The first is that it is possible to design computers so that learning to communicate... Read More
The Daily Papert Needs Your Help!
Could there be a better way to do something productive during the Covid-19 shutdown than to help DailyPapert.com? Better yet, you get... Read More
June 27, 2017
Seymour Papert (early 200s): And by the way something that we’ve seen that’s incredibly encouraging is that there’s a lot of fear... Read More
June 26, 2017
Seymour Papert: One of the negative … one of the big problems about computers in Maine and this is a continuing problem,... Read More
Eight Big Ideas Behind the Constructionist Learning Lab
Eight Big Ideas Behind the Constructionist Learning Lab By Dr. Seymour Papert (1999) From the Ph.D. dissertation, “An Investigation of Constructionism in... Read More
January 26, 2017
“Connecting new knowledge to things you know and love, and things you think you can do, makes you feel good about it,... Read More
January 17, 2017
Seymour Papert makes several profound points in this very short clip from a 1991 conference keynote. The complete video, along with its... Read More