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Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work
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Product Description In 1971, Cynthia Solomon and Seymour Papert published Twenty Things to Do with a Computer, a revolutionary document that would set the course of education for the next fifty years and beyond. This book, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50, is a celebration of the vision set forth by Papert and Solomon a half-century ago. Four dozen experts from around the world invite us to consider the original provocations, reflect on their implementation, and chart a course for the future through personal recollections, learning stories, and imaginative scenarios. Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50 can inspire parents, educators, and aspiring teachers to make the world a better place for learning. The impact of Twenty Things is all around us. In 1971, Solomon and Papert predicted 1:1 personal computing, the maker movement, the rise of computational thinking, children programming computers, robotic construction kits, computer science for all, and integrating computing across the curriculum. All of this, years, or even decades, before such notions became more commonplace. In fewer than thirty pages , Twenty Things to Do with a Computer introduced readers to an exciting world in which children use computers they own to create, solve problems, control their world, and bring powerful ideas to life across subject areas. More importantly, Twenty Things situates the ideals of progressive education in a modern context. Papert and Solomon demonstrated how computing could be creative, humane, whimsical, childlike, and a way to learn “everything else,” even ideas at the frontiers of mathematics and science. Contributors to this book include scholars and tech pioneers who worked with Papert and Solomon in the 1970s, phenomenal classroom teachers, inventors, researchers, school administrators, university professors, and educational technology leaders. Essays in this collection offer multiple pathways for school reform. Authors include Cynthia Solomon, Sugata Mitra, Conrad Wolfram, Audrey Watters, David Thornburg, Yasmin Kafai, Dale Dougherty, Nettrice Gaskins, Dan Lynn Watt, Molly Lynn Watt, Gary Stager, Artemis Papert, Stephen Heppell, along with forty other brilliant thinkers and legendary educators. Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50 is an effort to preserve a historical document and share it with future of generations seeking a more creative, personal, empowering, and meaningful educational experience for young people. This book is a must-read for: Educators School leaders Preservice teachers Policymakers Librarians Technology developers Parents Review "Play. Love. Think. Imagine. Create. Do. These verbs for learning recur throughout this rich collection of essays to mark the golden anniversary of Twenty Things to Do with a Computer. Rather than anguishing over opportunities lost in education, these thinkers and dreamers urge us to make space for the radical progress that our children deserve." - Suzie Boss, PBL advocate and author "Seymour Papert is often called the father of education technology and every education leader who wants to understand the potential of technology for learning needs to know this history. Things To Do With A Computer: Forward 50, is an amazing collection of how Seymour, as well as Cynthia Solomon (now aptly called the mother of education technology), provided foundational visions of the future of education and the role of technology five decades ago." - Keith Krueger, CEO: Consortium for School Networking "This book is a must-read for anyone who claims to be or wants to be an expert in the use of educational technology. And while the title might imply a list of twenty quick "do now" activities, the real "do now" readers will get is to think now and think deeper about meaningful use of technology in all classrooms." - Richard Byrne, freetech4teachers.com "This essential read is like a ticket to the most insight-packed education technology confere
