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,…
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…
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…
Revolutions are Seldom Cute
Educational rhetoric has long been rife with obfuscation, euphemism, and verbal inflation. Teacher is no longer in vogue. Facilitator or leader are preferable. Six-year-olds are called scholars. Middle managers hold…