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Net week, I’ll be in Zurich, Switzerland to present a paper<\/a> and lead two hands-on workshops at the biennial Constructionism Conference<\/a>. I’ve presented at each of the Constructionism Conferences and many of the EuroLogo conferences that preceded it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am particularly proud of this paper. Its brevity is the result of strict (and archaic) page limits. In the paper, I used Seymour Papert as a metaphor for the threats, challenges, and opportunities for the community his powerful ideas birthed. Although, I am not a spiritual person, I felt my friend Seymour on my shoulder when I wrote this “wake up call” for Constructionism 2023. The paper was rejected, as I fully expected, and was met with savage reviews, including one reviewer who wrote, “I don’t get it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was delighted. A tepid response would have been much less satisfying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Channeling Dr. Papert, I doubled-down on the most incendiary aspects of my critique and resubmitted the paper for this year’s conference. I hope you enjoy reading this unconventional work of passion. I would be happy to discuss the issues raised. Sadly, the need for the paper seems more acute in 2025, than it did in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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