Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert is a mathematician that was born in South Africa. He also received his education in South Africa. Seymour Papert founded ways that computers can change the way a person learns. He uses math to understand how children learn and think. Seymour Papert also founded the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He wrote some books and articles about children learning through computers.

Seymour Papert was a professor at MIT and performed researches on how computers can help children to learn. He created a programming language called Logo which helped children to learn. He has been involved in MaMaMedia Inc and LEGO Mindstorms. MaMaMedia is a website for children that helps them to learn while they are having fun at the same time. They can learn more about technology using this website. LEGO Mindstorms is a website that children can use to build their thinking process. Both of the website seem to be very educational and useful for children as well as parents.

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