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Papert, Seymour:

The Children's Machine by Seymour Papert

One educator's positive review of Papert's book: '[His] philosophy of learning contrasts sharply with his depiction of schools' epistemology'.

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~elmurphy/emurphy/papert.html

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

ConnectedFamily.com

Companion web site to Papert's new book, The Connected Family: Bridging the Digital Generation Gap, Longstreet Press, 1996; for parents and teachers (and kids) interested in the profound changes in learning brought about by the explosion of computers in the home.

http://www.connectedfamily.com/

MaMaMedia.com

Place for kids and families to make cartoons, play challenging games, make odd creatures, paint digital pictures, design and send animated cards; discover by doing and create by clicking; all based on constructionist learning theory. Created with Papert's help.

http://www.mamamedia.com/

MIT Media Lab: Seymour Papert

Papert was a founding faculty member of the Media Lab, and now works there part-time. The Media Lab site has been hard to reach lately and is often inaccessible, but be patient and keep at it: it is well worthwhile.

http://web.media.mit.edu/~papert/

Planet Papert

Page of over 2 dozen links to Websites, documents. By educator Gary S. Stager.

http://www.stager.org/planetpapert.html

School's Out? A Conversation with Seymour Papert

Interview at The Matrix: MEME 2.13. Treats Papert's favorite topics: children, computers and the end of schools as we know them.

http://www.memex.org/meme2-13.html

Seymour Papert

Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert

Squeakfest 2006 Report

Brief summary text of Papert keynote address at this event. Shiftin’ Paradigm Blues weblog. (July 24, 2006)

http://cougar.e-lcds.org/wordpress/?p=37

Innovation in Education

Brief highlights text of Papert keynote address at Squeakfest 2006. InnovationCreation weblog. (July 20, 2006)

http://www.innovationcreation.us/2006/07/innovation-in-education.html

Seymour Papert: Sunday Profile

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. (July 11, 2004)

http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1144341.htm

Seymour Papert in Sydney 2004

Speech given at i3 1 to 1 Computing Conference, sponsored by Apple Computer; Sydney, Australia. QuickTime show. (May 31, 2004)

http://homepage.mac.com/stager/iMovieTheater23.html

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