Interviews with Seymour Papert
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The legendary Quincy Jones and Seymour Papert have graciouslyappeared on camera for interviews and joined the ACM Computers inEntertainment magazines editorial board. Quincy and Seymour are twoof the nicest people to talk to and work with. Quincy talks abouteducation as fun learning, the impact of music on children, howtechnology affects the way music is created and produced, anddigital distribution of music over the Internet. Seymour speaks oflearning-rich entertainment, Logo and computer programming forchildren, technology in schools and education, and the future ofhome schooling and learning environments. The video clips of theinterviews are available athttp://www.acm.org/pubs/cie/mar2004/index.html
Quincy Jones, who composed more than 50 major motion picture andtelevision scores, has earned international acclaim as producer ofthe best-selling single of all time and the best-selling album inthe history of the recording industry. The all-time most nominatedGrammy artist with a total of 76 nominations and 26 awards, Quincyhas also received an Emmy Award, seven Oscar nominations, and theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Jean HersholtHumanitarian Award. More information can be found athttp://www.quincyjonesmusic.com
Seymour Papert, a mathematician and an early pioneer ofArtificial Intelligence, is internationally recognized as theseminal thinker on how computers can change learning. He is acofounder with Marvin Minsky of the AI Lab at MIT and a foundingfaculty member of the MIT Media Lab, where he continues to work.Seymour collaborated for many years with Jean Piaget at theUniversity of Geneva in Switzerland. He wrote many books includingMindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. Moreinformation can be found at http://www.papert.org/