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
Seymour Papert on Logo
This commercial video, produced around 1986, features Seymour Papert answering questions from teachers. This discussion explores many of Papert’s recurring themes of... Read More
Papert Excerpt from MIT Media Lab Videodisc
The following excerpt of Seymour Papert speaking comes from a videodisc produced by the MIT Media Lab circa 1986-87. Transcript Seymour Papert:... Read More
The Conservation of Piaget: The Computer as Grist to the Constructivist Mill
The Conservation of Piaget: The Computer as Grist to the Constructivist Mill is an overlooked academic paper written by Seymour Papert in 1988.... Read More
Seymour Papert Brings Robotics to Children & Classrooms
Here is a promotional video produced by the Father of Educational Computing and the Maker Movement, Dr. Seymour Papert, for the LEGO... Read More
It All Starts with Seymour Papert
The MIT Media Lab is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Seymour Papert was one of the founders of the Media Lab and in... Read More
May 14, 2014
“Across the globe there is a love affair between children and the digital technologies. They love the computers, they love the phones,... Read More
May 5, 2014
“Indeed, we might summarize all these points by saying that schoolchildren have been deprived of the opportunity of actually doing mathematics in... Read More
May 2, 2014 – Bonus Content
On April, 24, 2014, the MIT Media Lab hosted a forum, “Learning from Seymour Papert,” featuring long-time friends and colleagues, Nicholas Negroponte,... Read More