Lessons from My Latest Family Workshop
Leading family learning-by-making workshops in schools around the world is a pure joy. When parents can experience through the eyes, hands, and screens of their …
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The Subtlety of Prompt Setting
Presented with what we hope was a good prompt, great materials, “sufficient” time, and a supportive culture, including a range of expertise, the assembled educators would be able to invent and learn in ways that exceeded their expectations.
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It’s a Book!
I’m thrilled to announce that our publishing company, Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, has released a new and expanded second edition of our book, Invent to …
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Podcast discussion: Does Everyone Need to Code?
For decades, I have marveled at the vehemence with which seemingly reasonable adults defend not teaching kids to program computers. Aside from the typical (and …
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Debugging a Critique of Seymour Papert
An old colleague, Dr. Warren Buckleitner, has been reviewing children’s media products and toys for decades. He organizes industry events about the design of …
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A Modest Proposal
The irony could cause whiplash. Over the past thirty years, the EdTech community expended sufficient energy to colonize Mars fighting the idea of teaching children …
What I Did On My Three Summer Vacations (1998)
What I Did on My Three Summer VacationsBy Brian Silverman Illustrated by Peter Reynolds Previously published in Mathematics and Informatic Quarterly (in Bulgaria) prior to …
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I Want My Stager TV!
The following videos are a good representation of my work as a conference keynote speaker and educational consultant. The production values vary, but my emphasis …
Using Computers as Creative Tools (2001)
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 …
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I Could Go On…
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 …