MicroWorlds for Munchkins
© 1997 Gary S. StagerAppeared in a 1997 issue of Logo Exchange Since the 1960s, Logo was intended to have no threshold and no ceiling. It …
Laptops Keep Falling On My Head
Maine’s great laptop experiment should not be picked at, but applauded Published in the July 2002 issue of District Administration In September, every seventh grader in …
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The Life, Legacy, and Powerful Ideas of Seymour Papert (video)
I was invited to speak with the Columbia University FabLearn Fellows about the life, work, and legacy of my friend, colleague, and mentor, Dr. Seymour Papert.
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That’s a Wrap!
It’s hard to believe that it has been nearly a month since 75 educators descended upon The Ancona School in Chicago for the wildly successful …
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The Early Days of “Online Learning”
I just found the 1998 pitch I created for Pepperdine’s Online Masters of Arts in Educational Technology degree program printed on the original DayGlow construction …
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Preserving History
In July 1990, I made my first trip to Australia to speak at the World Conference on Computers in Education, held at what was then …
The Case Against Innovation
Way back during the first COVID-19 pandemic, I was invited to speak online for a Barcelona-based conference with a theme of “Learning Innovation.” So, it …
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A Critical Discussion
Note: This is a complex and important turn of events worthy of your time and attention. The recently discovered speech by Seymour Papert at the …
I sat on this for over a year
Don’t dismantle superior programs and shout innovation! My issues are with the merits of the educational practices being breathlessly celebrated by the school district. At the very least, you are free to dismiss the following critique as an evaluation of the journalism demonstrated by the article.
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Not Lost Forever
Sharing seminal scholarship from the very early days of 1:1 computing in schools.