{"id":1616,"date":"2010-12-06T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:59:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:59:43","slug":"twenty-things-to-do-with-a-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1616","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Things to Do With a Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contemporary discussions of educational technology seem consumed with data management, total cost of ownership, testing and everything but student learning. It may be worth taking some time to reflect on our current practice and think about what&#8217;s possible. Are we doing all we can to use computers to empower students and change classroom practice?<\/p>\n<p>Want to know how your school or district&#8217;s computer use measures up? Read <em><a title=\"Twenty Things To Do With a Computer\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071027131501\/www.stager.org\/articles\/twentythings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twenty Things to Do with a Computer<\/a><\/em>, by my friends Cynthia Solomon &amp; Seymour Papert. (Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/20-Things-to-Do-with-a-Computer.pdf\">scan of a journal version<\/a> of the same text with photos)<\/p>\n<p>This groundbreaking work was published in 1971. How does your school practice compare against such &#8220;ancient&#8221;\u00a0predictions?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contemporary discussions of educational technology seem consumed with data management, total cost of ownership, testing and everything but student learning. 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