{"id":6195,"date":"2021-08-20T17:26:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T22:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195"},"modified":"2021-08-20T17:57:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T22:57:12","slug":"preserving-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195","title":{"rendered":"Preserving History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26-1024x740.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26-1024x740.png 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26-300x217.png 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26-768x555.png 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26.png 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lots of schools are quick to tell me that they were the 3rd laptop school, but I know the first two for sure!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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 new Darling Harbor Convention Centre. Not only did this represent the realization of a childhood dream of visiting Downunder, but the conference brought together US &#8220;Logo legends,&#8221; including Seymour Papert, Alan Kay, Brian Silverman, Steve Ocko, and Mitchel Resnick with remarkable Logo-using educators from Australia and around the world. Upon arrival in Sydney, I was transported to a large multi-day joyfully chaotic Logo and robotics pre-conference workshop. The workshop participants were teachers and kids from schools in which everyone had a personal laptop computer. I had a ball and collaborated with some Aussie kids to build a working fax machine out of LEGO. This trip would be the start of something big \u2013 a longterm love affair with Australia, lifelong friendships, and countless professional adventures across that continent. I even earned my Ph.D. at The University of Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During WCCE, I was invited to return to Australia to lead professional development activities at what were the first two schools in the world to commit to universal personal computing. In other words, every student would have their own laptop computer to be used across the curriculum. Best of all, the schools embraced Papert&#8217;s learning theory of constructionism and the progressive education practices required to nurture constructionist learning. At the time, I didn&#8217;t know any adults in the US who had their own laptop, but here I was in a strange land helping children invent the future of education. I surely learned more than I taught, but remain incredibly grateful for the opportunities afforded me to show the world that things need not be as they seem. The faith and trust invested in me by <a href=\"https:\/\/cmkpress.com\/inner-principal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Loader<\/a>, arguably the world&#8217;s most accomplished school principal, continues to blow my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/first-two-laptop-schools.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"170\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/first-two-laptop-schools.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/first-two-laptop-schools.png 605w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/first-two-laptop-schools-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Coombabah State School and Methodist Ladies&#8217; College<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s (private) Methodist Ladies&#8217; College (MLC) has been fairly well documented, but the pioneering work of the other school, Queensland&#8217;s (public) Coombabah State School, has been quickly fading from memory. I&#8217;ve done my best to preserve, curate, and share as much of the work documenting the early days of 1:1 computing in schools (with more left to locate), but evidence from Coombabah has been scarce. A great <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3z8hPSR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book<\/a> was even written about the MLC 1:1 efforts. Coombabah was significant because it was the site of the first 1:1 personal computing a co-ed public school. At the time, the State of Queensland was talking about every child in the state having their own laptop by 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happened in Australia more than thirty years ago matters because we stand on the shoulders of giants and because there remains no universal adoption of personal computing for children. This <a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ongoing controversy<\/a> demonstrates a lack of consensus behind empowering children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Girls\u2019 School Leads Laptop Revolution&#8221;<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/inventtolearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MLC-Laptop-Article-in-the-Age-1993.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE AGE (NEWSPAPER) &#8211; 1993<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew that at least two books of scholarship about the Coombabah 1:1 experience were published by the Australian Council for Educational Research, but books had gone out-of-print. After several years of email, begging, and pleading, a lovely woman at ACER, Pru Mitchell, scanned the two books I was aware of, plus another, and made them available. These <a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three recently uncovered texts<\/a>, along with seminal articles, and the book MLC published about their approach to 1:1 computing may be found <a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachermagazine.com\/au_en\/articles\/the-research-files-episode-69-gary-stager-on-30-years-of-laptops-in-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-20-at-3.08.24-PM-1024x782.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-20-at-3.08.24-PM-1024x782.png 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-20-at-3.08.24-PM-300x229.png 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-20-at-3.08.24-PM-768x586.png 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-20-at-3.08.24-PM-1536x1173.png 1536w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-20-at-3.08.24-PM.png 1758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachermagazine.com\/au_en\/articles\/the-research-files-episode-69-gary-stager-on-30-years-of-laptops-in-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teacher Magazine<\/a> interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away the cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools. The audio podcast and transcript may be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachermagazine.com\/au_en\/articles\/the-research-files-episode-69-gary-stager-on-30-years-of-laptops-in-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the powerful ideas behind laptops in education and the early days of 1:1 computing <a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/inventtolearn.com\/laptops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. (lots of links)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postscript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The passage of time is cruel to history. Countless memos, newsletters, papers, and student projects from the early days of 1:1 computing are lost, perhaps forever. One of the world&#8217;s leading PR firms took thousands of photos, just three decades ago. None can be found. Cherish, curate, and maintain your memories for future generations to enjoy and learn from!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[479,1142,437,430,427,435,428,526,434,436,429,431,438,433],"tags":[1398,1810,705,548,432,480,1825,672,639,890,473,558],"class_list":["post-6195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-11-computing","category-about-gary","category-books","category-creativity","category-education-policy","category-featured","category-general","category-leadership","category-learning","category-news","category-project-based-learning","category-teaching","category-technology","category-unfiled","tag-11-computing","tag-acer","tag-alan-kay","tag-edtech","tag-gary-stager","tag-laptops-in-education","tag-lego-tc-logo","tag-logo","tag-olpc","tag-personal-computing","tag-school-reform","tag-seymour-papert"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Preserving History - Stager-to-Go<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preserving Edtech History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stager-to-Go\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gary.stager\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-20T22:26:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-20T22:57:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops--1024x675.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gary Stager\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Preserving Edtech History\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops-.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@garystager\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@garystager\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gary Stager\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gary Stager\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8bd320bea4758fc56f376ecdd9b8b184\"},\"headline\":\"Preserving History\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-20T22:26:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-20T22:57:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195\"},\"wordCount\":713,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/laptops25-26-1024x740.png\",\"keywords\":[\"1:1 computing\",\"ACER\",\"Alan Kay\",\"edtech\",\"gary stager\",\"laptops in education\",\"LEGO TC logo\",\"Logo\",\"olpc\",\"personal computing\",\"school reform\",\"Seymour Papert\"],\"articleSection\":[\"1:1 computing\",\"About Gary\",\"Books\",\"creativity\",\"education policy\",\"Featured articles\",\"general\",\"leadership\",\"learning\",\"news\",\"project-based learning\",\"teaching\",\"technology\",\"unfiled\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195\",\"name\":\"Preserving History - Stager-to-Go\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/laptops25-26-1024x740.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-20T22:26:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-20T22:57:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8bd320bea4758fc56f376ecdd9b8b184\"},\"description\":\"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/laptops25-26.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/laptops25-26.png\",\"width\":1075,\"height\":777},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?p=6195#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Preserving History\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stager-to-Go\",\"description\":\"The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8bd320bea4758fc56f376ecdd9b8b184\",\"name\":\"Gary Stager\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Gary-gravatar.png\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Gary-gravatar.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Gary-gravatar.png\",\"caption\":\"Gary Stager\"},\"description\":\"Veteran educator Gary Stager, Ph.D. is the author of Twenty Things to Do with a Computer - Forward 50, co-author of\u00a0Invent To Learn \u2014 Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, publisher at\u00a0Constructing Modern Knowledge Press,\u00a0and the founder of the\u00a0Constructing Modern Knowledge\u00a0summer institute. He led professional development in the world\u2019s first 1:1 laptop schools thirty years ago and designed one of the oldest online graduate school programs. Gary is also the curator of The Seymour Papert archives at DailyPapert.com. Learn more about\u00a0Gary here.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/cmkpress.com\\\/gary\"],\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/stager.tv\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Preserving History - Stager-to-Go","description":"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Preserving Edtech History","og_description":"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.","og_url":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195","og_site_name":"Stager-to-Go","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gary.stager\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-20T22:26:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-20T22:57:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops--1024x675.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Gary Stager","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Preserving Edtech History","twitter_description":"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops-.png","twitter_creator":"@garystager","twitter_site":"@garystager","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gary Stager","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195"},"author":{"name":"Gary Stager","@id":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/#\/schema\/person\/8bd320bea4758fc56f376ecdd9b8b184"},"headline":"Preserving History","datePublished":"2021-08-20T22:26:26+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-20T22:57:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195"},"wordCount":713,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26-1024x740.png","keywords":["1:1 computing","ACER","Alan Kay","edtech","gary stager","laptops in education","LEGO TC logo","Logo","olpc","personal computing","school reform","Seymour Papert"],"articleSection":["1:1 computing","About Gary","Books","creativity","education policy","Featured articles","general","leadership","learning","news","project-based learning","teaching","technology","unfiled"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195","url":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195","name":"Preserving History - Stager-to-Go","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26-1024x740.png","datePublished":"2021-08-20T22:26:26+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-20T22:57:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/#\/schema\/person\/8bd320bea4758fc56f376ecdd9b8b184"},"description":"Two Australian schools began the 1:1 revolution more than 31 years ago. Teacher Magazine interviewed me for a podcast and dusted away my cobwebs to remember the magical early days of 1:1 computing in schools.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laptops25-26.png","width":1075,"height":777},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6195#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Preserving History"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/#website","url":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/","name":"Stager-to-Go","description":"The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/#\/schema\/person\/8bd320bea4758fc56f376ecdd9b8b184","name":"Gary Stager","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gary-gravatar.png","url":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gary-gravatar.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gary-gravatar.png","caption":"Gary Stager"},"description":"Veteran educator Gary Stager, Ph.D. is the author of Twenty Things to Do with a Computer - Forward 50, co-author of\u00a0Invent To Learn \u2014 Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, publisher at\u00a0Constructing Modern Knowledge Press,\u00a0and the founder of the\u00a0Constructing Modern Knowledge\u00a0summer institute. He led professional development in the world\u2019s first 1:1 laptop schools thirty years ago and designed one of the oldest online graduate school programs. Gary is also the curator of The Seymour Papert archives at DailyPapert.com. Learn more about\u00a0Gary here.","sameAs":["http:\/\/cmkpress.com\/gary"],"url":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6195"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6212,"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6195\/revisions\/6212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}