May 14, 2014
“Across the globe there is a love affair between children and the digital technologies. They love the computers, they love the... Read More
April 1, 2014
Curator’s Note: Thanks to the Internet Archive, I found this long-lost article by Dr. Papert written for the March 1981 issue Creative... Read More
August 22, 2012
“We need chutzpah to face down those people who say “ Hey who are we to say technology should dictate what children... Read More
May 8, 2012 (Rare Discoveries Week)
“So there are other ways, through this computer system that have opened up, that enable somebody to get knowledge when you need... Read More
March 22, 2012
“In Mindstorms (Papert, 1980), I asked (choosing one out of a vast number of possible examples) why the quadratic equation of the... Read More
March 13, 2012
“It is close to 40 years since I fell in love with the idea that a technologically rich environment could give to... Read More
February 23, 2012
“We do have to think also about content, we do have to think about making another kind of intellectual diet for children,... Read More
December 19, 2011
“It is impossible to predict what the school of the future will be. History always outsmarts the futurists. But it is easy... Read More
December 1, 2011
“We do have to think also about content, we do have to think about making another kind of intellectual diet for children,... Read More
June 21, 2011
“Seymour Papert: I’m introducing a word for that, when I was at school they made us learn Latin, why? Not because we... Read More