Design as an Inadequate Lens for Understanding Seymour Papert
I wrote the attached paper for the 2017 Interaction Design and Children Conference at Stanford University. It was accepted, but ultimately not published since I could …
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Ancient History – The Rationale for Keyboarding Instruction Challenged (1989)
Note from Gary Stager… In 1989, a great friend, colleague and pioneer in educational computing, Steve Shuller, authored the following literature review. Steve was Director …
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Collaboration
I have often wondered why educators are so darn excited about Google. They get “Google Certified,” attend Google conference sessions, mourn when features change or …
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When You Wake Seymour Papert Up in the Middle of the Night
Back in the late Eighties, there was a Logo Conference held in Los Angeles. After a wild night reminiscent of Martin Scorsese’s 1985 film, “After …
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Laptop Woes (2005)
Bungling the World’s Easiest Sale Gary Stager District Administration, Oct 2005 10/1/2005 Forty years ago Seymour Papert began talking about a computer for every learner. …
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Gary Stager on Tech Insurgents (2005)
Do your teachers need a computing IEP? Gary Stager, Ph.D. District Administration, Jun 2005 6/1/2005 At the recent Consortium for School Networking conference educational computing …
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Why Teachers Don’t Use Computers (2002)
Blocked Web sites, IT staff that exist to hinder staff, and restrictive policies make integrating technology too hard to overcome By Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. …
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You Can’t Handle the Truth!
An old friend and colleague got a new job at an education marketing/communication company where he believed they wanted actual content. He asked me to …
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How Educators Should Understand Hillary Clinton’s Server
When it comes to technology, teachers are too often treated as imbeciles or felons! In 1990, I was hired to teach public school 4th grade. …
Your Kid Should Not Do Homework and Here is How to Stop It
A colleague recently asked for advice for parents wishing to opt-out their children from school assigned homework. This is what we did. Every person we …