July 17th, 2008 - In search of Seymour Papert
I wonder if any of my readers, other than my brother, who sent me this story, are familiar with Seymour Papert, but just in case, I wanted to share. Seymour Papert was one of my luminaries in graduate school: he worked with kids and computers. Not just worked with them, he did amazing things. Ever heard of the computer language Logo, or turtles (in relation to computers), or LegoLogo, or Lego robots? Thank Seymour Papert. They were all his ideas for teaching kids programming.
18 months ago, he was in a severe accident and suffered traumatic brain injury. The Boston Globe has a feature story about his recovery efforts. I hope he recovers, as he was still contributing, even in his late 70s, to the field of educational technology.