In these days of national standards (which in my mind relate to narrowness
and mediocrity) it’s refreshing to see educators re-inforcing that schools
are about producing “people who can think, create and innovate – and
not just pass exams”. (See Gary Barker’s article Logging
into the laptop revolution.)

I had honestly started wondering whether I was the only remaining person
on the planet who believed this. What an interesting place to find these
sentiments – in a conference about laptops in education. Not so strange
really. It warms my heart to see it. Even warmer to read that Professor
Seymour Papert was speaking at the conference. Papert, through his little
book