June 26, 2012
“This is not the first Conference where I’ve come in and the first four people I spoke to complain how boring things... Read More
June 25, 2012
“Isn’t it time for us to grow up? And as we grow up, we should stop seeing ourselves as specialists of computers... Read More
June 11, 2012
“Logo is much like a natural language such as English. Baby talk allows the child an easy way to grab onto and... Read More
June 6, 2012
“So there’s not much more you can do to improve things. Where you can make a big step forward and I’m seeing... Read More
June 5, 2012
“What is our fight really about? My reference to the Soviet Union comes from recognizing events there, not only as the most... Read More
May 31, 2012
“I would suggest that one reason education reform has not worked is that it almost always treats these dimensions as separate and... Read More
May 30, 2012
“During the week of the conference you have been immersed in exciting and focused discussions about actual uses of computers in real... Read More
May 29, 2012
Many thanks to Scott Traylor for finding, scanning and sharing this gem from the Boston Globe of 5th graders interviewing Dr. Papert.... Read More
May 24, 2012
“Skeptics of the possibility of change in schools often recall that it is now a hundred years since the American philosopher and... Read More
May 23, 2012
“Most of what goes under the name “edutainment” reminds me of George Bernard Shaw’s response to a famous beauty who speculated on... Read More