It is the ability to think differently than one did before, seeing the world in a different way. Children have established a true and unshakeable love for the computer, and schools should take advantage of this excitement. While real change may seem almost impossible, a new methodology for learning must evolve, with new ways of thinking about what is to be learned and how to learn it. The Knowledge Machine could provide that methodology. The coming together of children and the Knowledge Machine can only take place by performing the hard work of projecting the present into the future.
Many educators discuss how difficult it is to motivate students to learn.
Perhaps if we use Papert's notions to reconsider our educational system and incorporate a Knowledge Machine that all students could use, learning will no longer be confined to the stagnant constraints of a traditional classroom. Perhaps then children will begin to be truly literate. Back to Annotated Bibliographies .