Monday, June 25, 2007

Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert is known for projects that, he has done all over the world. He was convinced that computers could be used as a learning tool for children as early as the sixties. However, others thought that he was wrong but, he proved them wrong. Moreover, Mr.Papert has worked with Jean Piaget, who assisted him in learning ways that mathematics could be used to help children learn; as well as,think. He also, has wrote many books pertaining to education and children. In addition, he has written articles about mathematics and artificial intelligence.
Furthermore, he is the founder of the Learning Barn, which is a small lab that, he use to plan ways for learning in the future. The University of Maine honored him as being a distinguished professor. He earned this name by working on the Maine Learning Technology Initiative, which is a program that provided middle school students of Maine with a computer. He is a member of the MIT Media Lab, which he is currently, still a part of. Mr. Papert has accomplished a lot throughout his life.
Most importantly, he never gave up on his ideas, and he still continues to work on other projects for the future to further enhance learning. In the sixties, his ideas was considered wrong but, today he is considered an expert.

You can learn more about Mr.Papert by clicking on the link below:
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2 comments:

ChantayeScott said...

I read this same website. It was very interesting and gave a lot of information. You did a great job of summing up the website.

Jennifer Schwartz said...

It is inspiring that he never gave up on his ideas. I think we should follow his lead!