Dr. Gary Stager is bringing an exciting new workshop to Melbourne, Victoria 27 February 2026! Computational making recognizes that the future is computational. Making things with code expands the creative…
7-Minute AI
Colleagues and fellow educators have noticed how every sentence uttered about education these days includes a noun, a verb, and AI. Grand reports on the awesome impact or failure of…
Our Roots: Logo, Piaget, and AI
Constructing Modern Knowledge was borne of conversations between Gary Stager and Seymour Papert about the need to create a setting where educational computing and progressive education could dance together. Papert, the father…
CNN Feature on the Reggio Emilia Approach®
I’m pretty sure I knew this existed, but forgot. Here’s a pretty good peek at the genius of The Reggio Emilia Approach at play in Reggio Emilia and how it…
Super Earlybird Registration Ends December 1st
It’s a great joy to introduce educators to their heroes/sheroes and creating learning adventures they never dreamed were possible. That’s why Gary spent fifteen years cultivating relationships with the wise…
Clever Computing for Children – A Workshop for Educators
Culver City Julian Dixon Library4975 Overland AveCulver City, CA 90230 2:30 – 5:30 PM • December 4, 2025 This pay-what-you-choose hands-on workshop for educators shares a constructionist approach to the…
A History of Constructing Modern Knowledge
The attached PDF is a chapter from the 2020 book, Designing Constructionist Futures: The Art, Theory, and Practice of Learning Designs. In Constructing Modern Knowledge: Crafting the Next Generation of…
AI, Schools, and the Labubu Problem
Ever wonder why word processing remains controversial in schools or the Internet is more accessible at McDonald’s? Why is the technological bounty embraced by the rest of society so elusive…
The Project Paradox
I’m thinking hard about our annual summer institute, Constructing Modern Knowledge, which begins in two days. This will be our thirteenth CMK in fifteen years since we lost two to…
The Subtlety of Prompt Setting
In Chapter Four of our new book, Invent to Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, we discuss the importance of prompt setting as a basis for project-based…