Seymour Papert passed away on July 31. He was 88. For those of you who say: Who is Seymour Papert? We urge you in the strongest terms: Run, don’t walk, and buy a copy of "Mindstorms," a slim volume by ...

The field of educational technology is mourning a visionary whose work was considered 50 years ahead of its time. Seymour Papert, who died July 31 at age 88, was a mathematician and computer scientist ...

Seymour Papert, an education technology and artificial intelligence research pioneer whose theories augured both today’s digital learning and maker-education movements, died Sunday at his home in ...

In an age when using a smartphone is as natural as breathing for many children, it can be difficult to imagine the resistance Seymour Papert faced decades ago while advocating vigorously, and often ...

The South African Jewish computer scientist and educator Seymour Papert, who died on July 31 at age 88, was a long-time fixture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He pioneered artificial ...

Many of the ideas that have become popular in education today like the power of projects and collaboration -- not to mention the way technology could change learning -- are rooted in ideas put forward ...

Seymour Papert, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who led an early campaign to revolutionize education with the personal computer, a tool he championed not as a classroom gadget but as ...

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge - Seymour Papert Seymour Papert, one of the creators of the Logo programming language and a ...

Being a pioneer of artificial intelligence and creating the first programming language for kids are no small feats. But it was his dedication to using technology to change the way we educate children ...

Seymour Papert, one of the creators of the Logo programming language and a significant influence behind One Laptop Per Child and Lego Mindstorms, died Sunday at home in Maine. He was 88. On Monday, ...