Directory of Papert, Seymour Resources

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Main inventor of Logo programming language (Lisp for kids), and pioneer in using computers in education. Mostly ignored by the orthodox education establishment.

Subcategories

• Lego Mindstorms
• Logo

Resources in This Category

• Planet Papert

  http://www.stager.org/planetpapert.html
  Page of over 2 dozen links to Websites, documents. By educator Gary S. Stager.

• Professor Seymour Papert: Papert.org

  http://www.papert.org/
  Expert on how technology can provide new ways to learn, his contributions go beyond education: mathematician and cofounder with Marvin Minsky of MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, founding faculty member of MIT Media Lab, where he works now. Worked for many years with Jean Piaget at University of Geneva, Switzerland.

• School's Out? A Conversation with Seymour Papert

  http://www.memex.org/meme2-13.html
  Interview at The Matrix: MEME 2.13. Treats Papert's favorite topics: children, computers and the end of schools as we know them.

• Seymour Papert

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert
  Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]

• Seymour Papert: Sunday Profile

  http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1144341.htm
  Mathematician and pioneer in artificial intelligence, has radical ideas about how the education system should be overhauled. Text of radio interview, on ABC Local; Australia.

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