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...Papert, who invented the "LOGO" computer language and co-founded the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, said computers and the Internet provide children with new tools to obtain answers to their questions without the guidance of parents or teachers...
...future, childhood education will be more effective over the Internet than in the traditional classroom setting, said Seymour Papert, LEGO Professor of Learning Research at MIT, speaking to an audience of 150 at the Graduate School of Education last night...
...Papert spoke about his latest book, The Connected Family: Bridging the Digital Generation Gap, in which he discusses how the rapid growth of information available on the World Wide Web has affected traditional learning methods...
Reading and classroom learning are no longer the only paths to knowledge, Papert said...
...market position to do some good. The 40 million Nintendo systems installed around the world are powerful little computers that could deliver rich and rewarding experiences. Instead, Nintendo chose to give the world's children RoboCop and Bionic Commando. Too bad the company did not seek out Papert, or people like him, long before this...