As per conversation with Anita McAnear

Outline

Colleagues of Dr. Papert and teachers inspired by his powerful ideas will share what other educators should know about his work.

Presenter Background

For 25 years, Gary Stager, an internationally recognized educator, speaker and consultant, has helped learners of all ages on six continents embrace the power of computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self-expression. He led professional development in the world's first laptop schools (1990), has designed online graduate school programs since the mid-90s and is a collaborator in the MIT Media Lab's Future of Learning Group. Mr. Stager's doctoral research involved the creation a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens. Recent work includes teaching and mentoring some of Australia's "most troubled" public schools. Gary is Senior Editor of District Administration Magazine, Editor of The Pulse: Education’s Place for Debate, Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University and an Associate of the Thornburg Center for Professional Development. In 1999, Converge Magazine named Gary a "shaper of our future and inventor of our destiny."

Most recently, Gary was the new media producer for The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmeri Project - Simpatíco, 2007 Grammy Award Winner for Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year.

(Additional biographical info at http://www.stager.org/bio)

Referenced Web Links

http://www.papert.org
http://mf.media.mit.edu/papertsworld/
http://www.stager.org/planetpapert