I recently found, scan, and proofread the abstract Seymour Papert submitted in advance of his July 1990 World Conference on Computers in Education Conference in Sydney, Australia. The keynote transcript itself is spectacular, worthy of your attention, and may be found here. The PDF of the abstract may be found here. The full text is […] The post The Perestroika of Epistemological Politics appeared first on The Daily Papert.| The Daily Papert
Among Dr. Seymour Papert’s vast contributions to knowledge, his framing of educational decision making through the lens of instructionism vs. constructionism may be the most profound, useful, and enduring. Any discussion, debate, controversy, or concern about education policy or decision about pedagogical approach is based on the personal stance of how you believe learning occurs. […] The post Instructionism versus Constructionism appeared first on The Daily Papert.| The Daily Papert
Did you own a personal computer 40 years ago? How many teachers and students had access to computers in 1983. What if I told you that a 400-page book focused on teaching computer programming to children sold more than 100,000 copies way back then? Well, it’s true. Former engineer, elementary school teacher, and member of […] The post Classic Book Now Available Online (free) appeared first on The Daily Papert.| The Daily Papert
In 1966, The Elementary Science Study published a curriculum, Behavior of Mealworms. It provided opportunities for children to engage in many scientific pursuits with readily accessible larval form of a darkling beetle. In 1977, Hal Abelson and Paul Goldenberg of the MIT AI/Logo Laboratory, published a paper, Teacher’s Guide for Computational Models of Animal Behavior. […] The post Mealworms appeared first on The Daily Papert.| The Daily Papert
Perestroika and Epistemological Politics Keynote address at the World Conference on Computers in Education at Darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia July 1990 By Seymour Papert[*] MIT Media Laboratory 20 Ames Street, E15-313 Cambridge, MA 02139 During the week of the conference you have been immersed in exciting and focused discussions about actual uses of computers in real educational settings. […] The post Seymour Papert Would Like a Word with Ron DeSantis 33 years ago appeared first on The...| The Daily Papert
Thai educator Nalin Tutiyaphuengprasert posted this excerpt from an interview with Seymour Papert. I hope to have more pieces from this session available soon. The post Life Itself is a Project appeared first on The Daily Papert.| The Daily Papert
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The book celebrates the 50th anniversary of a seminal paper by Cynthia Solomon and Seymour Papert. Published in 1971, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer, set the course of education for the next fifty years and beyond. I created the new book, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50, to honor the vision set forth by Papert and Solomon a half-century ago. Four dozen experts from around the world invite us to consider the original provocations, reflect on their implementation, and ch...| The Daily Papert
Documents and recollections from the early days of 1:1 computing in schools. The post Laptops appeared first on The Daily Papert.| The Daily Papert
“Our school systems are being strangled by the cost of this curious epidemic of learning disability.” Seymour Papert From Papert, S., March 16, 2000. Millennial Lecture at the Muskie Archives.| The Daily Papert
Daily words & wisdom of Dr. Seymour Papert| The Daily Papert
Constructionism vs. Instructionism In the 1980s Seymour Papert delivered the following speech by video to a conference of educators in Japan. Part 1: Teaching vs. Learning Seymour Papert: Hello. Greetings to Japanese educators. I’m sorry I’m not there with you, but fortunately we live in the century of technology, and I can use this magical […]| The Daily Papert
