As I head to San Antonio to speak at my 37th, ISTE/NECC Conference, I thought I’d share a gem of an article written by the Father of Educational Computing, Dr. Seymour Papert. The article appeared in the ISTE journal, Logo Exchange, Winter 1997 issue edited by yours truly. The illustrations are by the beloved artist, author, animator, Peter Reynolds.
…this is what’s happened to computers in schools. They’re being used in ways that have nothing to do with the potential of the computer to allow the possibility of a radically different way of learning.
Read Looking at Technology Through School Colored Spectacles for a timeless critique of technology in education that remains as relevant today as it was 29 years ago.
