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
May 22, 2012
“The learning culture of your home will sooner or later have to make connections with learning cultures outside.” Papert, S. (1996) The... Read More
May 21, 2012
“Children seem to be such remarkable learners on their own, but then they enter school. Some succeed in school, and it is... Read More
May 18, 2012
“On the Cost of Computation in Schools A final word about the cost of doing all this. Turtles. music boxes. computer controlled... Read More
May 17, 2012
“Everyone knows computers help children learn. But I was coming to understand that most parents will do better at sharing and enhancing... Read More
May 14, 2012
“I shall describe learning paths that have led hundreds of children to becoming quite sophisticated programmers. Once programming is seen in the... Read More
May 10, 2012 (Rare Discoveries Week)
“So I think the number one task has to be to really create spearheads, nuclei of change where we can really demonstrate... Read More
It’s Rare Discoveries Week!
This week (Monday-Thursday), The Daily Papert will feature rare or recently discovered video, audio and transcriptions of Seymour Papert unseen by most... Read More
May 2, 2012
“Our culture tends to equate soft with feminine and feminine with unscientific and undisciplined. “ Papert, S. and Turkle, S. (1990) Epistemological... Read More