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Seymour Aubrey Papert (/ ˈ p æ p ər t /; 29 February 1928 – 31 July 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT.
Aug 1, 2016 · Seymour Papert was a world-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary who invented Logo, the first programming language for children. He also co-founded the MIT Media Lab and collaborated with the LEGO company to create robotics kits for children's learning.
May 8, 2024 · Seymour Papert was a South African-born mathematician and computer scientist who was best known for his contributions to the understanding of children’s learning processes and to the ways in which technology can support learning. He invented Logo, a computer-programming language that was an.
- Nicole Ellison
Sep 14, 2016 · Papert built on Piaget's theory of constructivism with a learning theory of his own: constructionism. It proposed that the best way to ensure that knowledge is built in the...
- Gary S. Stager
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Seymour Papert. Works by Papert. People laughed at Seymour Papert in the 1960s, more than half a century ago, when he vividly talked about children using computers as instruments for learning and for enhancing creativity, innovation, and "concretizing" computational thinking.
Aug 1, 2016 · Seymour Papert was a visionary scholar who influenced child development, artificial intelligence, and educational technologies. He created Logo, the first programming language for children, and co-founded the MIT Media Lab and One Laptop per Child.
Aug 2, 2016 · Seymour Papert, a visionary educator and mathematician who well before the advent of the personal computer foresaw children using computers as instruments for learning and enhancing...
