Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
 

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

by Seymour Papert


Mindstorms has two central themes: that children can learn to use computers in a masterful way and that learning to use computers can change the way they learn everything else. Even outside the classroom, Papert had a vision that the computer could be used just as casually and as personally for a diversity of purposes throughout a person’s entire life. Seymour Papert makes the point... (read more)

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Dvortygirl
  • Rated 5 stars

This book is about the programming language LOGO but it's also about learning and absorbing information. Papert is influenced heavily by Piaget, whom he worked with directly, and takes a very different approach to instructing mathematics and programming, along with problem-solving and communication.

If you are an educator or if you are interested in the many ways that people learn, I recommend this book.

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