Upon reading Andrew’s blog on the effects of technology in primary schools I found myself agreeing with his position. If teachers inadequately use technology in their classrooms than students are unlikely to learn with them hindering their technological literacy. Students need to be actively using technology in today’s society or they will find themselves behind [...]

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This speechby Papert and delivered to Japanese educators via video conference illustrates Paperts belief that technology needs to help children learn, not simply assist teachers to teach. Constructionism and Instructionism are names for two approaches to educational innovation. Instructionism is the theory that says, “To get better education, we must improve instruction. And if we’re going [...]