However, Papert, influenced by the work of Jean Piaget, converted the project into designing a programming language that could be used by children. The original intent of the Logo project was to develop a way to teach artificial intelligence and used LISP, derived from “LISt Processing”, as its developmental programming tool. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig, and Cynthia Solomon, Logo was developed in 1967. Papert made a number of contributions to the study of artificial intelligence and cognition but is most associated with the development of the Logo programming language used mostly by children. He held several faculty appointments at European universities before accepting a position at MIT in 1963 where he remained for much of his career. “Seymour Papert was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and completed a doctor of philosophy program in mathematics at the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and at Cambridge University. Below is an excerpt from my book, Online Education Policy and Practice: The Past, Present, and Future of the Digital University, which will be available later this year.
Anyone who ever saw him speak, would never forget the infectious twinkle in his eyes that won people to his points of view. He foresaw in the 1960s the potential of personal computers as vehicles for teaching, learning, and education creativity. Seymour Papert who was a visionary in the use of computer technology in K-12 education, died at his home in Maine on July 31 st.
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