Personal Computing and Its Impact on Education
This document is from the book Papert, S in Taylor, R. (1980). The computer in the school: Tutor, tool, tutee. NY: Teacher’s... Read More
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New Addition to the Papert Text Archives
Personal Computing and Its Impact on Education is the transcription of a 1978 speech given by Seymour Papert. It originally appeared in: Proceedings... 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 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
April 11, 2012
“Being a mathematician is no more definable as “knowing” a set of of mathematical facts than being a poet is definable as... Read More
April 10, 2012
“There has been very litter interaction between the elementary curriculum reform movement and the conceptual, theoretical wings of computer science. We believe... 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 28, 2011
“I end by mentioning two less specific “firsts” with which “Teaching Children Thinking” should be credited. At that time the concept of... Read More