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Information: Main inventor of Logo programming language (Lisp for kids), and pioneer in using computers in education. Mostly ignored by the orthodox education establishment.
The Children's Machine by Seymour Papert The Children's Machine by Seymour Papert: One educator's positive review of Papert's book: '[His] philosophy of learning contrasts sharply with his depiction of schools' epistemology'. (Papert, Seymour) http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~elmurphy/emurphy/papert.html
Papert.org: Professor Seymour Papert Papert.org: Professor Seymour Papert: Expert on how technology can provide new ways to learn, his contributions go beyond education: mathematician and cofounder with Marvin Minsky of MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, founding faculty member of MIT Media Lab, where he works now. Worked for many (Papert, Seymour) http://www.papert.org/
MIT Coop: Seymour Papert MIT Coop: Seymour Papert: Papert's 'Faculty Author Listing' of an online bookstore for the MIT community. (Papert, Seymour) http://www.bkstore.com/mit/fac/papert.html
School's Out? A Conversation with Seymour Papert School's Out? A Conversation with Seymour Papert: Interview at The Matrix: MEME 2.13. Treats Papert's favorite topics: children, computers and the end of schools as we know them. (Papert, Seymour) http://www.memex.org/meme2-13.html
MIT Media Lab: Seymour Papert MIT Media Lab: Seymour Papert: Papert was a founding faculty member of the Media Lab, and now works there part-time. The Media Lab site has been hard to reach lately and is often inaccessible, but be patient and keep at it: it is well worthwhile. (Papert, Seymour) http://papert.www.media.mit.edu/people/papert/
ConnectedFamily.com ConnectedFamily.com: Companion web site to Papert's new book, The Connected Family: Bridging the Digital Generation Gap, Longstreet Press, 1996; for parents and teachers (and kids) interested in the profound changes in learning brought about by the explosion of computers in t (Papert, Seymour) http://www.connectedfamily.com/
Additional
Information: Main inventor of Logo programming language (Lisp for kids), and pioneer in using computers in education. Mostly ignored by the orthodox education establishment.
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