RIP Seymour Papert
“Seymour Papert, 88, Dies; Saw Education’s Future in Computers”(New York Times), “Seymour Papert was the first person to see that the computer could be used to support children’s learning and development,” Mitchel Resnick, an M.I.T. professor and a former student of Dr. Papert’s, said in an interview. “He had a vision that the computer could allow children to actively construct knowledge.”