Mindstorms (Revised)
Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
$40.69
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2020
Summary
Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, first published in 1980, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the definitive case for the educational value of computer programming.
Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781541675124 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1541675126 |
| Author: | Seymour A. Papert |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 138mm x 24mm |
About The Author
Seymour A. Papert
Seymour Papert (1928-2016) was a professor of mathematics and education at MIT, where he co-founded the Artificial Intelligence and Media Laboratories. He was the co-inventor of the LOGO programming language. He is the author of numerous books, including Perceptrons, The Connected Family, and The Children’s Machine.
Mitchel Resnick is Lego Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. A former student of Papert’s, Resnick developed Scratch, a programming language designed to help children learn coding, and his project Programmable Bricks served as the foundation for LEGO Mindstorms. He is the recipient of the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education. Resnick is also the author of Lifelong Kindergarten.
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