Mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas

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In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction…

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Title Statements

Full title :Mindstorms : children, computers, and powerful ideas / Seymour Papert ; with a new foreword by Mitchel Resnick.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1980
Edition:Revised edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Basic Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1980

Notes

Originally published in hardcover by Basic Books in 1980.

The Physical Object

Description:288 pages : : illustrations (black and white) ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781541675124, 1541675126
oclc:on1198442095
LC Classification:QA20.C65
Dewey Decimal:510/.78

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