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 …
The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
© 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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Sharing seminal scholarship from the very early days of 1:1 computing in schools.
Modern mathematics teaching and learning requires computation. Computer programming and mathematical knowledge construction should be inseparable. This downloadable handout attempts to make that case.
NeoPixels are tiny, programmable, color-changing, LEDs manufactured by AdaFruit. NeoPixels make cool additions to micro:bit projects since they require little power, can be addressed individually or in groups, and can change color. Although MakeCode makes programming the micro:bit easy, there was too little documentation about how to control the NeoPixels until now.
Over the past few months, I have been engaged in several projects intended to help educators in Alabama identify the potential of Computer Science, not just as a course of study, but as a vehicle for improving pedagogical practice and amplifying the potential of children.
At the start of the pandemic, I led an online masterclass sharing my approach to teaching kids to program computers. You may watch that video …
I fell in love with computer programming in a public junior high school 7th grade class back in 1975. (Read Me and Mr. Jones) By …