Papert inspires Maine's bold technology plan. Papert runs technology program for teen offenders. Seymour Papert Works by Papert People laughed at Seymour Papert in the sixties when he talked about children using computers as instruments for learning and for enhancing creativity. The idea of an inexpensive personal computer was then science fiction. But Papert was conducting serious research in ...

MEME 2.13 SCHOOL'S OUT A CONVERSATION WITH SEYMOUR PAPERT. On Tuesday, October 15, I met Seymour Papert in the lobby of a mid-town hotel in Manhattan, where we spent the morning discussing children, computers and schools. Professor Papert teaches at the MIT Media Lab, and for most of his career he's pursued a mission to redefine how children learn. Educated at Cambridge University, Papert ...