Seymour Papert’s vision of the future of educational technology in the 1970’s was incredibly accurate. His hope was for computers to be used as tools to ignite creativity and creation in young learners, thus becoming a conduit for endless learning (Levin & Tsybulsky, 2017). Although most educational institutions did not adopt the computer in the way he hoped, his still vision has strong supporters. Several authors in...
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For Activity 6, my classmate and I explored the implications of abundant content for lifelong learning. For our topic, we chose to learn how to grow a tree along a flat surface in a predetermined pattern. A Google search for “How to grow a tree along a flat surface” led to the discovery that this technique was called ‘espalier’. Feeling inspired and informed, we used this term to search further. The photo below shows the ‘Images’ from...
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