May 1, 2014
“Everyone works with procedures in everyday life. Playing a game or giving directions to a lost motorist are exercises in procedural thinking.... Read More
April 24, 2014
“Many children are held back in their learning because they have a model of learning in which you have either ‘got it’... 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
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
April 24, 2012
“It’s astonishing – no other word would do – that everywhere where there is knowledge work, you expect to see a computer... Read More
April 19, 2012
“Why then should computers in schools be confined to computing the sum of the squares of the first twenty odd numbers and... Read More
December 13, 2011
“In 1971 Channel 5, a local Boston TV station, produced a program on children in new learning situations and included a segment... Read More
November 15, 2011
“I think that it is shameful that the education world has allowed the computer industry to impose its idea of what a... Read More
November 8, 2011
“Ten years before T.H.E. Journal was launched [1972], Logo was designed as a programming language that could be accessible to children. The... Read More
October 27, 2011
“I believe in “Kid Power.” Our education systems underestimate kids. It INFANTALIZES them by assuming they are incompetent. An eight-year old is... Read More