Imagine self-care that benefits your students and community If you’re anything like me, life is kicking my butt. War, political divisiveness, the economy, social media trolls, threats to democracy, the…
The Future is Computational (keynote recording)
On March 19th, Dr. Gary Stager delivered a keynote address via Zoom to a Lithuanian conference on engineering in education. The talk was recorded and may be enjoyed as an…
Unlike Any Other PD or Study Tour
What if I told you that five-year-olds in Reggio Emilia, Italy were programming computers in 1990? That Loris Malaguzzi, the visionary behind what many consider the finest schools on Earth,…
Field Tripping with AI
During my recent keynotes, Computational Making workshops, and articles, such as AI, Education, and the Labubu Problem, I’ve been sharing the remarkable power of AI to help individuals create working…
Women Invent The Future
Happy Women’s History Month! Long before makerspaces became common in schools, before Maker Faire captured imaginations, and before STEAM evolved into a buzzword, Constructing Modern Knowledge has been the summer…
Time to Make Something WITH AI
Yesterday, I led a new workshop, Computational Making & Learning, for the first time in Melbourne, Australia. Although there is always room for improvement, the workshop was a great success….
Computational Making & Learning for Creative Educators
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
Lots of resources shared below 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…
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…