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No event shares more talent, genius, or expertise with educators than Constructing Modern Knowledge! Don’t believe it? Check out this year’s guest speakers<\/a> or the remarkable experts<\/a>\u00a0who have graced CMK over the past eight years.<\/p>\n

Constructing Modern Knowledge 2016 already features a TV star (Paulie DiMeo), the creator of Scratch (Mitchel Resnick), and perhaps the world’s most profound educator in the world (Carla Rinaldi).<\/p>\n

Constructing Modern Knowledge is heavily influenced by conversations with my mentor, Seymour Papert<\/a>. For eight straight years, Papert’s longtime friend and colleague Dr. Marvin Minsky<\/a>, “father of artificial intelligence,” led an annual fireside chat at CMK. During this very special aspect of the institute, one of the world’s wittiest, brilliant, and accomplished scientists contributed his time to chat with educators about anything they wished.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the world lost Marvin<\/a> earlier this year. His passing leaves a giant hole in our hearts and his contributions to Constructing Modern Knowledge can\u00a0never be matched. (You owe it to yourself to watch the remarkable memorial event<\/a> honoring our friend.)<\/p>\n