[Year 12 IPM] FW: --->TAS-IT Seymour Papert in coma after accident

[margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net]

You'll probably be as shocked as I was to read this.

Regards

Margaret

PS: the tas-it mailing list is a worthwhile to be on as well ...

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Price, Ken
Sent: Friday, 8 December 2006 11:19 AM
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Subject: --->TAS-IT Seymour Papert in coma after accident

One of the legends and founding reseachers in ICT in education, Seymour
Papert, is in a coma after a traffic accident in Hanoi

"Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor emeritus Seymour Papert,
78, was among more than 100 international experts from 30 countries who
had gathered in Hanoi this week for conference on teaching mathematics
with digital technology. He was struck by a motorbike while crossing a
busy street near his hotel Tuesday, said Hoang Xuan Lan, an administrator
at Hanoi Technology University, which is hosting the conference."

Papert is also an adviser to the "One Laptop Per Child" project, author of
"Mindstorms", and inventor and a major promoter of Logo as a thinking tool
for children.

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=170910

ken price