The Constructing Modern Knowledge Podcast: Recent Episodes
Gary Stager, Ph.D.
Gary Stager was recently a guest of Joseph Carver on his podcast, @The Meadow. We are grateful to The Meadows School and Mr. Carver for their generous permission to cross-post this lively conversation.
Listen to other episodes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meadow/id1585916879
The Meadow is where we gather to talk about all things innovation, creativity, and critical thinking.
Host Joseph Carver, the Chief Innovation Officer at The Meadows School in Las Vegas, NV invites guests from all walks of life to discuss their experiences as creators, innovators, change agents, and life-long learners.
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This is a recording of keynote address Dr. Gary Stager delivered at the EduFab Foundation's Educators Summit in January 2024. Thank you to the foundation for your generous consent to cross-post the recording. Learn more at https://www.edufab.org/educators-summit
Rethinking Tinkering
In our book, Invent To Learn, we sought to reclaim tinkering and correct the popular perception that it was synonymous with careless futzing about. Tinkering, we argued was inspired by the possibility of materials, allowing learners to develop important skills and develop powerful ideas while intimately engaged in sophisticated projects. The maker movement promised to herald an exciting renaissance of such bricolage, often in the name of STEM, since new tools, materials, and technology would allow learners of all ages to make things with both bits and atoms.
Fifteen years later, schools really seem to have embraced cutting up cardboard, but have sadly left the bits behind again. This session is a plea to refocus our attention on the secret sauce of making and fabrication, computation. Programming computers – making things with code or making things powered by code – transforms classroom arts and crafts (not that there’s anything wrong with that) into a powerful intellectual laboratory and vehicle for self-expression. This session will explore models of computationally-rich projects, developmentally appropriate activities, and effective prompt setting.
Presenter Bio
In addition to being a popular keynote speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious education conferences, Dr. Stager is co-author of Invent To Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, called the “bible of the maker movement in schools,” by Larry Magid of CBS and The San Jose Mercury News. Invent To Learn has been translated into nine languages. Dr. Stager’s most recent book is Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work.
An elementary teacher by training, he has taught students from preschool through doctoral studies. In 1990, Dr. Stager led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. Gary is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators.
Takeaways
- An appreciation of what students may do and learn through computing. The realization that I can program and so can my students.
- Ideas for supercharging maker projects with computing.
- Effective prompt setting for projects made with bits and atoms.
Learn more about learning through making, tinkering, and engineering at Constructing Modern Knowledge.
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Alfie Kohn speaking at Constructing Modern Knowledge 2022Alfie Kohn is a legendary and fearless educator, author, and guest speaker who has been featured at the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute on three separate occasions, including our very first year. This episode features a recording of his stunning conversation at CMK 2022. He covers a wide range of topics with great wit, passion, insight and courage. I know you will be sure to enjoy what he has to say and encourage you to share it with friends.
Alfie Kohn at Constructing Modern Knowledge 2017Please join us this July for another fantastic institute featuring equally remarkable guest speakers. Learn more at constructingmodernknowledge.com.
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Ryan Jenkins of the Wonderful Idea Co. recently sat down with Constructing Modern Knowledge founder Gary Stager to discuss the lessons learned from fifteen years of leading his summer institute. We are grateful to Ryan for his generous permission to crosspost this short episode. It’s a good one.
Gary Stager and Ryan JenkinsRyan says the following about the episode:
Welcome to a series of mini-interviews looking back on past fifteen years of making and tinkering in education. I got inspired for this project because I started working in this field back in 2009, helping to dream up a new space in the Exploratorium called The Tinkering Studio. It seems that around the years of 2008 and 2009 many other influential projects were just getting off the ground and since then, the world of making and tinkering in education has evolved in many new and exciting ways.
– Ryan Jenkins
Watch the episode video here.
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One of the great joys of hosting the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute is being able to share expert guest speakers with our participating educators. This episode features the imperfect, but deeply moving audio from civil rights hero and national book award winning educator Jonathan Kozol recorded at CMK in 2011. Jonathan just published his 15th and final book, An End to Inequality, and as you’ll hear in this podcast, his ideas are timeless.
Jonathan Kozol is a National Book Award-winner who abandoned his Rhodes Scholarship to teach in the still largely segregated Boston Public Schools following news of the murder of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney in Mississippi. He was subsequently fired for reading a Langston Hughes poem to fourth graders. That experience led to his first book, Death at an Early Age in 1967. Kozol has been urging each of us to do the right thing ever since, including as a guest speaker at Constructing Modern Knowledge!
To celebrate the release of An End to Inequality, Kozol’s 15th book, we are forming an online community to read and discuss this provocative text on April 10th. Won’t you please join us?
1. Register for our Zoom-based April 10th book discussion.
2. Buy the book from Amazon.com or at your local bookstore. Libraries should have copies as well.
3. Join us online at 4 PM Pacific/7 PM Eastern time on April 10th. Registrants will be sent the private Zoom link.
Register for the April 10th book club!I hope you are inspired to learn more and join us at Constructing Modern Knowledge this July.
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Before turning the world upside down with the publication of the 1619 Project, MacArthur Genius and Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones was a guest speaker at Constructing Modern Knowledge 2019. This podcast episode is a recording of her talk.
Nikole Hannah-Jones at CMK 2019Nikole Hannah-Jones at CMK 2019Nikole Hannah-Jones at CMK 2019Nikole Hannah-Jones at CMK 2019Nikole Hannah-Jones at CMK 2019I hope you are inspired to learn more and join us at Constructing Modern Knowledge this July.
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Gary Stager recently appeared on Tim Logan’s podcast, Future Learning Design.
Podcast host, Tim Logan, described the episode in the following way.
Thomas Edison declared in 1913 that “books will soon be obselete in schools” with the advent of motion pictures! How often do we get completely lost in the hashtag#hype of the latest hashtag#edtech ‘silver bullet’? Gary Stager, Ph.D.‘s certainly seen it happen at least a few times in the recent past!
This week, we’re sharing the brilliant full conversation of Gary‘s conversation with Tim in June. It was part of the Episode 108 on Advanced AI and education, but there were so many gems that we couldn’t not share it with you!
Tim Logan, Future Learning Design podcast
We are grateful to Tim Logan and NoTosh for their generosity in allowing us to crosspost their podcast episode here in the Constructing Modern Knowledge podcast!
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During my most recent Australian keynoting, workshop, and consulting tour, I led a week’s worth of activities with the Victoria Academy of Teaching and Leadership, the State of Victoria’s authority for furnishing educator professional development. The work of the Academy is the gold standard for building, sustaining, and celebrating teaching excellence at a statewide level.
One of the joys of my recent collaboration was being engaged in conversation with three remarkable public school “master teachers,” on leave from the classroom to lead professional development activities for other educators. The three educators did their homework, possessed extraordinary communication skills, and came prepared to challenge my thinking. Each of these conversations was recorded and published as podcasts I am enormously proud of.
The Academy has granted permission to cross-post these podcast conversations in the Constructing Modern Knowledge podcast feed. I hope you will enjoy them. Please consider subscribing to the Academy’s podcast here.
The themes of the three podcast episodes are:
- Electrifying Children’s Mathematics
- AI in a Mathematics Classroom with Dr Gary Stager
- Dr. Gary Stager on the New, Now, & Wow in Technology Interviewed by Colin ChapmanAbout this episode:
With a focus on mathematics, Academy Master Teacher Colin Chapman is joined by international thought leader, Dr. Gary Stager.
This episode delves into the ever-evolving technology and computational environments used to support both student and educator learning. With a focus on practical and engaging project-based numeracy development, this a must-listen episode for classroom teachers with the desire to improve student outcomes in mathematics.
This podcast is 1 of 3 episodes featuring Dr. Gary Stager. In these thought-provoking episodes, Gary aims to challenge educators to rethink the traditional ways of teaching mathematics and consider alternative methods for engaging students.
Software and applications for consideration in the classroomScratch, Snap!, MakeCode, Turtle Art, Lynx, Beetleblocks, Turtle Stitch, microBlocks, and Wolfram Language.
Register for Constructing Modern KnowledgeAbout Gary Stager
In addition to being a popular keynote speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious education conferences, Gary Stager is a journalist, teacher educator, consultant, professor, software developer, publisher, and school administrator. An elementary teacher by training, he has taught students from preschool through doctoral studies. In 1990, Dr. Stager led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. Gary is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators.
Dr. Stager is co-author of Invent To Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, called the “bible of the maker movement in schools,” by Larry Magid of CBS and The San Jose Mercury News. Invent To Learn has been translated into nine languages. Dr. Stager’s most recent book is Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work.
When Jean Piaget wanted to better understand how children learn mathematics, he hired Seymour Papert. When Dr. Papert wanted to create a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens, he hired Gary Stager. This work was the basis for Gary’s doctoral dissertation and documented Papert’s most-recent institutional research project.
Dr. Stager’s work has earned a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education and he collaborated on a project that won a Grammy Award. Recently, Gary was invited by Fondazione Reggio Children to lead a public seminar on education in Reggio Emilia, Italy. He has also taught children and doctoral students in Reggio Emilia.
Gary was on the advisory board of the NSF-funded project, BJC4NYC: Bringing a Rigorous Computer Science Principles Course to the Largest School System in the US. Dr. Stager also maintains the world’s largest archive of text and multimedia by Seymour Papert at The Daily Papert.
About Constructing Modern Knowledge
Constructing Modern Knowledge, July 9-12, 2024 is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration and computing. Participant have the opportunity to engage in intensive computer-rich project development with peers and a world-class faculty. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out the fantastic event.
While our outstanding faculty is comprised of educational pioneers, bestselling authors and inventors of educational technologies we depend on, the real power of Constructing Modern Knowledge emerges from the collaborative project development of participants.Rather than spend days listening to a series of speakers, CMK 2024 is about action. Attendees work on personally meaningful projects and interact with educational experts concerned with maximizing the potential of each learner. Animation, robotics, engineering, film-making, music composition, 3D printing, programming, wearable computing, Arduino, BBC micro:bits, microcontrollers, storytelling, and photography are all part of the CMK 2024 mix. The learning environment is filled with stimulating “objects to think with,” including a library, art supplies, and a mountain of tools & materials for tinkering. Constructing Modern Knowledge, now in its 15th year, is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration, and computing. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out a fantastic event.
See what makes Constructing Modern Knowledge unique by checking out the CMK wrap-up.
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During my most recent Australian keynoting, workshop, and consulting tour, I led a week’s worth of activities with the Victoria Academy of Teaching and Leadership, the State of Victoria’s authority for furnishing educator professional development. The work of the Academy is the gold standard for building, sustaining, and celebrating teaching excellence at a statewide level.
One of the joys of my recent collaboration was being engaged in conversation with three remarkable public school “master teachers,” on leave from the classroom to lead professional development activities for other educators. The three educators did their homework, possessed extraordinary communication skills, and came prepared to challenge my thinking. Each of these conversations was recorded and published as podcasts I am enormously proud of.
The Academy has granted permission to cross-post these podcast conversations in the Constructing Modern Knowledge podcast feed. I hope you will enjoy them. Please consider subscribing to the Academy’s podcast here.
The themes of the three podcast episodes are:
- Electrifying Children’s Mathematics
- AI in a Mathematics Classroom with Dr Gary Stager
- Dr. Gary Stager on the New, Now, & Wow in Technology Interviewed by Anam JavedAbout this episode:
With a focus on mathematics and artificial intelligence (AI), Academy Master Teacher Anam Javed is joined by international thought leader, Dr. Gary Stager.
This episode discusses the mathematical limitations and possibilities of AI in the classroom and the presence of programs such as ChatGPT. Also up for discussion is ‘symbolic programming’, data analysis and how teachers can use technology to reengage students and bring back their wonder, amazement and curiosity for mathematics.
This podcast is 1 of 3 episodes featuring Dr. Gary Stager. In these thought-provoking episodes, Gary aims to challenge educators to rethink the traditional ways of teaching mathematics and consider alternative methods for engaging students.
What is artificial intelligence?Artificial intelligence (AI for short) is the science of making machines that can think like humans. AI technology can process large amounts of data, respond to complex questions, provide answers, calculate mathematics, edit text and much more.
Register for Constructing Modern KnowledgeAbout Gary Stager
In addition to being a popular keynote speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious education conferences, Gary Stager is a journalist, teacher educator, consultant, professor, software developer, publisher, and school administrator. An elementary teacher by training, he has taught students from preschool through doctoral studies. In 1990, Dr. Stager led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. Gary is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators.
Dr. Stager is co-author of Invent To Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, called the “bible of the maker movement in schools,” by Larry Magid of CBS and The San Jose Mercury News. Invent To Learn has been translated into nine languages. Dr. Stager’s most recent book is Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work.
When Jean Piaget wanted to better understand how children learn mathematics, he hired Seymour Papert. When Dr. Papert wanted to create a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens, he hired Gary Stager. This work was the basis for Gary’s doctoral dissertation and documented Papert’s most-recent institutional research project.
Dr. Stager’s work has earned a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education and he collaborated on a project that won a Grammy Award. Recently, Gary was invited by Fondazione Reggio Children to lead a public seminar on education in Reggio Emilia, Italy. He has also taught children and doctoral students in Reggio Emilia.
Gary was on the advisory board of the NSF-funded project, BJC4NYC: Bringing a Rigorous Computer Science Principles Course to the Largest School System in the US. Dr. Stager also maintains the world’s largest archive of text and multimedia by Seymour Papert at The Daily Papert.
About Constructing Modern Knowledge
Constructing Modern Knowledge, July 9-12, 2024 is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration and computing. Participant have the opportunity to engage in intensive computer-rich project development with peers and a world-class faculty. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out the fantastic event.
While our outstanding faculty is comprised of educational pioneers, bestselling authors and inventors of educational technologies we depend on, the real power of Constructing Modern Knowledge emerges from the collaborative project development of participants.Rather than spend days listening to a series of speakers, CMK 2024 is about action. Attendees work on personally meaningful projects and interact with educational experts concerned with maximizing the potential of each learner. Animation, robotics, engineering, film-making, music composition, 3D printing, programming, wearable computing, Arduino, BBC micro:bits, microcontrollers, storytelling, and photography are all part of the CMK 2024 mix. The learning environment is filled with stimulating “objects to think with,” including a library, art supplies, and a mountain of tools & materials for tinkering. Constructing Modern Knowledge, now in its 15th year, is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration, and computing. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out a fantastic event.
See what makes Constructing Modern Knowledge unique by checking out the CMK wrap-up.
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During my most recent Australian keynoting, workshop, and consulting tour, I led a week’s worth of activities with the Victoria Academy of Teaching and Leadership, the State of Victoria’s authority for furnishing educator professional development. The work of the Academy is the gold standard for building, sustaining, and celebrating teaching excellence at a statewide level.
One of the joys of my recent collaboration was being engaged in conversation with three remarkable public school “master teachers,” on leave from the classroom to lead professional development activities for other educators. The three educators did their homework, possessed extraordinary communication skills, and came prepared to challenge my thinking. Each of these conversations was recorded and published as podcasts I am enormously proud of.
The Academy has granted permission to cross-post these podcast conversations in the Constructing Modern Knowledge podcast feed. I hope you will enjoy them. Please consider subscribing to the Academy’s podcast here.
The themes of the three podcast episodes are:
- Electrifying Children’s Mathematics
- AI in a Mathematics Classroom with Dr Gary Stager
- Dr. Gary Stager on the New, Now, & Wow in Technology Interviewed by Emma MooreAbout this episode:
With a focus on mathematics, Academy Master Teacher Emma Moore is joined in this podcast by international thought leader, Dr. Gary Stager. In this episode they discuss how educators can use technology to create better mathematical thinking and learning experiences for students. This episode also touches on how computers and technology can create valuable learning adventures for students and teachers alike.
This podcast is 1 of 3 episodes featuring Dr. Gary Stager. In these, thought-provoking episodes, Gary aims to challenge educators to rethink the traditional ways of teaching mathematics and consider alternative methods for engaging students.
What is a computational environment?A computational environment is the technology infrastructure and software platforms used to develop, test, deploy, and run software. In short, a computational environment is the software and physical technology used to enhance a learning experience. For example, a computational environment includes the computer or iPad a student may use in a lesson, the app/program they use and the technology behind both the physical device and software that powers it.
Register for Constructing Modern KnowledgeAbout Gary Stager
In addition to being a popular keynote speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious education conferences, Gary Stager is a journalist, teacher educator, consultant, professor, software developer, publisher, and school administrator. An elementary teacher by training, he has taught students from preschool through doctoral studies. In 1990, Dr. Stager led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. Gary is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators.
Dr. Stager is co-author of Invent To Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, called the “bible of the maker movement in schools,” by Larry Magid of CBS and The San Jose Mercury News. Invent To Learn has been translated into nine languages. Dr. Stager’s most recent book is Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work.
When Jean Piaget wanted to better understand how children learn mathematics, he hired Seymour Papert. When Dr. Papert wanted to create a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens, he hired Gary Stager. This work was the basis for Gary’s doctoral dissertation and documented Papert’s most-recent institutional research project.
Dr. Stager’s work has earned a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education and he collaborated on a project that won a Grammy Award. Recently, Gary was invited by Fondazione Reggio Children to lead a public seminar on education in Reggio Emilia, Italy. He has also taught children and doctoral students in Reggio Emilia.
Gary was on the advisory board of the NSF-funded project, BJC4NYC: Bringing a Rigorous Computer Science Principles Course to the Largest School System in the US. Dr. Stager also maintains the world’s largest archive of text and multimedia by Seymour Papert at The Daily Papert.
About Constructing Modern Knowledge
Constructing Modern Knowledge, July 9-12, 2024 is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration and computing. Participant have the opportunity to engage in intensive computer-rich project development with peers and a world-class faculty. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out the fantastic event.
While our outstanding faculty is comprised of educational pioneers, bestselling authors and inventors of educational technologies we depend on, the real power of Constructing Modern Knowledge emerges from the collaborative project development of participants.Rather than spend days listening to a series of speakers, CMK 2024 is about action. Attendees work on personally meaningful projects and interact with educational experts concerned with maximizing the potential of each learner. Animation, robotics, engineering, film-making, music composition, 3D printing, programming, wearable computing, Arduino, BBC micro:bits, microcontrollers, storytelling, and photography are all part of the CMK 2024 mix. The learning environment is filled with stimulating “objects to think with,” including a library, art supplies, and a mountain of tools & materials for tinkering. Constructing Modern Knowledge, now in its 15th year, is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration, and computing. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out a fantastic event.
See what makes Constructing Modern Knowledge unique by checking out the CMK wrap-up.
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Harvard Professor Howard Gardner led a fireside chat with participants at the 14th Annual Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute, via Zoom, in July 2023. Educators gathered for an informal conversation with one of the leading thinkers of our time. During the conversation, he clarified what he means by multiple intelligences and how that is distinct from learning styles. Gardner also discusses AI, the Reggio Emilia Approach, the value of projects, and his friend Jerome Bruner.
Dr. Gardner is the author of a delightful new book, A Synthesizing Mind: A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory. This book would make a lovely gift for the other educators, creators, and thinkers in your life.
About Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University and senior director of Harvard Project Zero. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship and a Fellowship from the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1981 and 2000, respectively. In 1990, he was the first American to receive the University of Louisville’s Grawemeyer Award in Education. In recognition of his contributions to both academic theory and public policy, he has received honorary degrees from thirty-one colleges and universities, including institutions in Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, South Korea, and Spain. He has twice been selected by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines as one of 100 most influential public intellectuals in the world. In 2011, Gardner received the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, and in 2015, he was chosen as the recipient of the Brock International Prize in Education. He has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Education, and the London-based Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. He serves on a number of boards, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the American Philosophical Society.
The author of thirty books translated into thirty-two languages, and several hundred articles, Gardner is best known in educational circles for his theory of multiple intelligences, a critique of the notion that there exists but a single human intelligence that can be assessed by standard psychometric instruments (please see multipleintelligencesoasis.org). Since the middle 1990s, Gardner has directed The Good Project, a group of initiatives, founded in collaboration with psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and William Damon, that promotes excellence, engagement, and ethics in education, preparing students to become good workers and good citizens who contribute to the overall well-being of society. Through research-based concepts, frameworks, and resources, the Project seeks to help students reflect upon the ethical dilemmas that arise in everyday life and give them the tools to make thoughtful decisions.
His newest research undertaking is a large-scale national study documenting how different groups think about the goals of college and the value of a course of study emphasizing liberal arts and sciences. The study seeks to understand how the chief constituencies of campuses—incoming students, graduating students, faculty, senior administrators, parents, alumni/ae, trustees and job recruiters—think about these changes and how they may impact the college experience in our time. Ultimately, the study aims to provide valuable suggestions of how best to provide quality, non-professional higher education in the 21st century.
Register for Constructing Modern KnowledgeAbout Gary Stager
In addition to being a popular keynote speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious education conferences, Gary Stager is a journalist, teacher educator, consultant, professor, software developer, publisher, and school administrator. An elementary teacher by training, he has taught students from preschool through doctoral studies. In 1990, Dr. Stager led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. Gary is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators.
Dr. Stager is co-author of Invent To Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, called the “bible of the maker movement in schools,” by Larry Magid of CBS and The San Jose Mercury News. Invent To Learn has been translated into nine languages. Dr. Stager’s most recent book is Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work.
When Jean Piaget wanted to better understand how children learn mathematics, he hired Seymour Papert. When Dr. Papert wanted to create a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens, he hired Gary Stager. This work was the basis for Gary’s doctoral dissertation and documented Papert’s most-recent institutional research project.
Dr. Stager’s work has earned a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education and he collaborated on a project that won a Grammy Award. Recently, Gary was invited by Fondazione Reggio Children to lead a public seminar on education in Reggio Emilia, Italy. He has also taught children and doctoral students in Reggio Emilia.
Gary was on the advisory board of the NSF-funded project, BJC4NYC: Bringing a Rigorous Computer Science Principles Course to the Largest School System in the US. Dr. Stager also maintains the world’s largest archive of text and multimedia by Seymour Papert at The Daily Papert.
About Constructing Modern Knowledge
Constructing Modern Knowledge, July 9-12, 2024 is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration and computing. Participant have the opportunity to engage in intensive computer-rich project development with peers and a world-class faculty. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out the fantastic event.
While our outstanding faculty is comprised of educational pioneers, bestselling authors and inventors of educational technologies we depend on, the real power of Constructing Modern Knowledge emerges from the collaborative project development of participants.Rather than spend days listening to a series of speakers, CMK 2024 is about action. Attendees work on personally meaningful projects and interact with educational experts concerned with maximizing the potential of each learner. Animation, robotics, engineering, film-making, music composition, 3D printing, programming, wearable computing, Arduino, BBC micro:bits, microcontrollers, storytelling, and photography are all part of the CMK 2024 mix. The learning environment is filled with stimulating “objects to think with,” including a library, art supplies, and a mountain of tools & materials for tinkering. Constructing Modern Knowledge, now in its 15th year, is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration, and computing. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out a fantastic event.
See what makes Constructing Modern Knowledge unique by checking out the CMK wrap-up.
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On December 2, 2020, Harvard Professor and MacArthur Genius Dr. Howard Gardner joined Gary Stager and several hundred educators for a conversation about his new book, "A Synthesizing Mind - A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory," and other topics.
The virtual Constructing Modern Knowledge Celebration on July 16, 2020 culminated in an Ask Me Anything session with education author, researcher, and popular speaker, Alfie Kohn.
Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. was the closing keynote speaker for the Virtual Maker Ed Unconference. Dr. Stager's presentation and ensuing conversation was entitled, "Summer Camp Computing or Nostalgia for the Future."
Sylvia Martinez welcomes back Constructing Modern Knowledge alumni from over twelve years of institutes to discuss their learning adventures at CMK and beyond.
Session #1 of the virtual Constructing Modern Knowledge Celebration Day featured a virtual faculty meeting in which the educators who make Constructing Modern Knowledge happen shared their favorite memories and projects.
This is a recording of the June 30th Ask Me Anything session with Conrad Wolfram, author of the new book, The Math(s) Fix, and Gary Stager.
Veteran school inventor Dennis Littky joined Gary Stager for an Ask Me Anything session on June 23, 2020.
Veteran educator, author, and MacArthur Genius Deborah Meier joins our June 11, 2020 Ask Me Anything session.
Gary Stager's Ask Me Anything session with TED Prize recipient, Dr. Sugata Mitra, recorded on May 21, 2020.
The second Ask Me Anything session with Dr. Gary Stager. Resources related to the discussion may be found at https://live.constructingmodernknowledge.com/episode-2
