Seymour Papert was first a professor at MIT as a mathematician and a computer scientist and he was conducting research to let children have a chance to write and make graphics. The Logo programming language was created to have built -in computation in children's toys. The programming language was created to inform people about support of logo-based software for learning and teaching. He created logo as a tool to improve the way kids think and solve problems. The small robot called logo turtle was developed and children solved problems in environment of play. The research group is to strengthen the ability to learn knowledge. He inserted language or program that kids can learn, and they can also have functionality for expert users.
That's an interesting connection: Papert as a maker. He would like to see this, I am sure.
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