The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
Progressive Education and The Maker Movement – Symbiosis or Mutually Assured Destruction Published paper of keynote address at 2014 FabLearn Conference at Stanford University by …
[April 2016] At last week’s #asugsv Summit, the annual bacchanal where dilettantes, amateurs, libertarians, billionaires, and Silicon Valley mercenaries gather to plot the destruction of public …
Hate to be a killjoy, but I just looked at one of the Code.org activities for programming turtle graphics in App Lab. As someone who has taught …
My pal Will Richardson asked me to respond to news that the Florida legislature (ground zero for destructive education policies) has passed a bill allowing …
More than 20 years ago, a graduate student of mine, named Beth, (surname escapes me, but she had triplets and is a very fine high school …
Using Computers as Creative Tools The debate about technology’s place in classrooms might vanish if the machines are used to expand students’ self-expression Be sure …
Last year, my friends at Intel invited me to participate in a breakfast summit at the Museum of Contemporary Art overlooking the Sydney Opera House. …
Here are some objects to think with to get you started. Pack a lunch, fire up a colortini and watch the pictures as they fly …
A response to the plethora of articles spouting hooey similar to this article – Saving Computer Science from Itself (Regrettably, I will undoubtedly be compelled to …
Gary Stager’s work and educational philosophy are based on four ideas. The Piagetian idea that “knowledge is a consequence of experience.” Xenophon’s admonition that “nothing …