I first learned of Seymour Papert by seeing his name mentioned in my Twitter newsfeed in 2017. I watched an excerpt from the Talking Turtle video on YouTube and it was fascinating to hear Papert talk as I was in disbelief that this Logo Turtle and concept had occurred when it did. His ideas about learning struck a chord with me and I decided to learn as much about him as possible.
My search began with the discovery of Papert’s website, Papert.org, and I was happy to find a page listing so many of his works. Feeling overwhelmed and uncertain as to which works I should choose to include in this annotated bibliography, I decided to seek advice from a subject librarian. I contacted an education librarian at Indiana University and after a forty-minute conversation, I continued my quest with a valuable lead by the name of Kylie Peppler (Thank you, Dr. Frye!). Researching Peppler led me to Christa Flores and the FabLearn Fellows blog at Stanford University where I discovered more resources to investigate. I even sent an email to Flores to confirm a source and she generously provided me with an additional resource to examine (Thank you, Ms. Flores!).
The databases utilized in this search included the Education Resource Information Center (ERIC), ProQuest, Google Scholar and WorldCat. Search engines used in this project included Google, Twitter, and YouTube. Investigating the cited works within articles and dissertations on the subject of constructionism helped with my search; especially in my attempt to identify a canon-esque collection of constructionist writings.
My goal for this project was to retrieve a maximum of twenty resources in a variety of formats to form a collection that represents both current and historical perspectives on the topic of constructionism. The selection criteria focused on both quality and quantity of content in order to provide a mix of brief, introductory sources along with lengthier, more in-depth resources. All of the twenty annotated entries in this collection provide bibliographies or additional resources for further discovery and research.