I became interested in educational technologies because I believe that they have the potential to transform how we practice and think about education and learning.
I never took a computer science course in college, because then it was a thing you just learned on your own.
When you learn to read and write, it opens up opportunities for you to learn so many other things. When you learn to read, you can then read to learn. And it's the same thing with coding. If you learn...
There’s an old saying that a teacher should be a guide on the side, not a sage on the stage.
How can we help young people develop as creative thinkers so that they’re prepared for life in this ever-changing world?
Computer pioneer Alan Kay likes to say that technology is anything that was invented after you were born.
Along the way, I began to develop an understanding about not only the process for making a miniature golf course, but the general process for making anything: how to start with an initial idea, develo...
Opposite: I believe the rest of school (indeed, the rest of life) should become more like kindergarten.
Openness can enhance creativity in many different ways—not just for organizations like the LEGO Group, but also for individuals. And the benefits of openness are greater now than ever before, thanks t...
Projects, passion, peers, and play. In short, we believe the best way to cultivate creativity is to support people working on projects based on their passions, in collaboration with peers and in a pla...
There’s a tradition among programmers to see mistakes not as a sign of failure but as bugs that can be fixed. An important part of becoming a programmer is to learn strategies for debugging—that is, h...
Most schools in most countries place a higher priority on teaching students to follow instructions and rules (becoming A students) than on helping students develop their own ideas, goals, and strategi...