The ability for teachers and learners to contribute, learn from each other and remix is a powerful shared experience for all involved. The process provides opportunities for individual interpretation and expression of ideas. Through the introduction of the Lynx patchwork quilt project, the FabLearn Fellows were given just this opportunity and tasked with designing at… Read more »
Author: Greg Houghton
Why are schools the only ones that are immune to modernity?
‘Currently, it is important that teachers and students understand that they can contribute to the effective use of technological innovations in different formats and on different occasions, as well as new ways of using them in activities and projects in the classroom.’ Debora Garofalo – Teaching Collaborative Programming – a Creativity Adventure Using Lynx With… Read more »
Gears and fears – A reflection on Seymour Papert’s essay ‘The Gears of my Childhood’

When reading Papert’s essay I was fascinated by the way that Papert creates the link between his earliest childhood memories to his experience of learning and how these experiences shaped the way he would forever interpret the world around him. In the article he describes how his love of automobiles helped him to give context… Read more »