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Seymour Papert 1983

Cynthia Solomon · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Education & learningHistory of computing

What it is

An eight-minute excerpt of a 1983 video featuring Seymour Papert, creator of Logo, on children learning programming and abstract ideas through embodied play. It shows kids acting out the Logo turtle.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended to anyone unfamiliar with Papert as a glimpse of his vision for computers in education.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “If you haven't been exposed to Papert - check out some of his old videos from the 70s and 80s.”

    Papert on learning abstract ideas through physical, embodied play.

    kickscondor, 2017-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Thinking about Thinking about Seymour: Livestream [video]”

  2. “I firmly believe that we'd all be better off if THIS guy had been the one to introduce computers to the common man”

    Papert's vision of computers in education.

    daveloyall, 2014-11 · Recommendation · in “Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform”

  3. “This video shows this in action (with some followup comments from Papert)”

    Children acting out the LOGO turtle, with Papert's comments.

    sdg1, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “Decline of play and rise of sensory issues in preschoolers”

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Topics: seymour papert, logo, constructionism, microworlds, children programming

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