{"id":2751,"date":"2012-06-03T08:36:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T13:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2012-06-03T08:39:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T13:39:44","slug":"ready-to-learn-with-marvin-minsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=2751","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Learn with Marvin Minsky?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is simply no better event or opportunity for educators to reinvent themselves this year!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marvin Minsky speaks with CMK 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to learning with one of the great filmmakers of our time, the inventor of wearable computing construction kits, the godmother of project-based learning, the editor of Make Magazine<\/em> and Super Awesome Sylvia<\/a>, the remarkable Constructing Modern Knowledge 2012 faculty<\/a> supports your learning adventures over four glorious days July 9-12, 2012 in Manchester, NH USA.<\/p>\n

For the past four years, Marvin Minsky has generously led impromptu “fireside chats” with CMK attendees. Dr. Minsky<\/a> is widely considered one of the leading scientists and intellectuals of the past half century and he will be at Constructing Modern Knowledge 2012<\/a> over two days! Of course, he will lead his annual “fireside chat” where no question is off-limits and his responses may surprise you!<\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“Isaac Asimov<\/a> described Minsky as one of only two people he would admit were more intelligent than he was, the other being Carl Sagan<\/a>.[4]<\/a><\/sup> Patrick Winston<\/a> has also described Minsky as the smartest person he has ever met. Ray Kurzweil<\/a> has referred to Minsky as his mentor.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Dr. Minsky chats at CMK 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seriously, where else can teachers play, tinker, chat and learn with an inventor, scientist, raconteur, composer, pianist, author and educator who also happens to be considered one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence?<\/p>\n

There is still time to register for Constructing Modern Knowledge 2012<\/a>! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn with expert learners, makers and creators!<\/p>\n

Also from Wikipedia…<\/p>\n

Minsky won the Turing Award<\/a> in 1969, the Japan Prize<\/a> in 1990, the IJCAI Award for Research Excellence<\/a> in 1991, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal<\/a> from the Franklin Institute<\/a> in 2001.[9]<\/a><\/sup> In 2006, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Computer History Museum<\/a>. In 2011, Minsky was inducted into IEEE Intelligent Systems<\/a>‘ AI’s Hall of Fame for the “significant contributions to the field of AI and intelligent systems”.[10]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n