Whole School Summer Reading Suggestions for Educators
I once heard former President Clinton say, “every problem in education has been solved somewhere.” Educators stand on the shoulders of giants and should be fluent …
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The Future (of CMK) is Now!
Constructing Modern Knowledge, celebrates its 10th anniversary this July 11-14, and represents the best work of my life. Before anyone was discussing the maker movement in schools, Constructing …
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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MaKey MaKey Co-Inventor, Eric Rosenbaum, Joins All-Star Lineup at CMK 2017
Constructing Modern Knowledge 2017 is thrilled to announce that Dr. Eric Rosenbaum will be joining our 10th annual summer institute, July 11-14 in Manchester, New …
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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 …
Papert’s Prison Fab Lab: Implications for the maker movement and education design (2013)
A recent request from a doctoral student led me to find this 2013 paper I authored. Otherwise, it would have been forever lost in the dustbin …
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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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Seymour Papert – Father of the Maker Movement
Dr. Gary Stager was invited to write a profile of his friend, colleague, and mentor Dr. Seymour Papert for the premiere issue of Hello World!, an impressive …
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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 …