Technology and school change: New lamps for old?

Childhood Education, 1995 by Clements, Douglas H, Swaminathan, Sudha

Like Papert, the authors believe that computers can be a rich source of those fundamental ingredients. Computers, when used in new ways to solve problems, compose, draw and write Logo programs, can be catalysts for positive school change.

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