Seymour Papert
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Seymour Aubrey Papert was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol
Papert with a Turtle robot
One Laptop per Child
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One Laptop per Child was a non-profit initiative that operated from 2005 to 2014 with the goal of transforming education for children around the world by creating and distributing educational devices
Seymour Papert
…for expert users. As part of his work with technology, Papert has been a proponent of the Knowledge Machine. He was one of the principals for the One Laptop Per Child initiative to manufacture and distribute The Children's Machine in developing nations. Papert also collaborated with the construction toy manufacturer…
OLPC XO-1 original design proposal
OLPC XO-1 laptop in e-book mode
A second generation prototype came with a crank that proved unviable.
OLPC XO-1 laptop