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Reanimating the Art of Teaching
What's Happening in the World of CMKFresh from working with educators and families in Australia, Gary is back on the road this spring — all roads leading to The Language of Computation – Constructing Modern Knowledge in Reggio Emilia this June. Coming UpA day-long Learning Adventures workshop at the legendary Bank Street School in NYC kicks things off, followed by a keynote at the Consortium on School Networking (CoSN) Conference in Chicago. The Future is Computational – Challenging Existing EdTech Paradigms CoSN 2026 | April 15th, 8 AM [Learn more about the session and conference here.] Fun fact: Gary was immortalized in CoSN's inaugural K-12 Innovators Time Capsule! Click here to see who else was buried alive by this great honor. If your Chicago school is interested in working with Gary on April 13th or 14th, reach out. NEW! Keynote Recording and PodcastGary's March 19th keynote, "The Future is Computational," delivered via Zoom to a Lithuanian conference on engineering in education, is now available to watch or listen. Max Headroom aesthetic included. [Watch or listen here.] NEW! Reanimating the Art of Teaching PodcastGary joined the Human Restoration Project Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to teach well. The host, Nick Covington described it this way: "Like the conservationist John Muir, the sense you get talking to Gary Stager about education is that when you try to pick out anything by itself, you'll find it hitched to everything else in the universe. If you’ve ever heard Gary speak you know he’s a compelling storyteller, and I found myself in this conversation like a kid at storytime, awed at the wealth of energy, wisdom, and experience he brings to our collective endeavor." The Language of Computation — Constructing Modern Knowledge in Reggio EmiliaRegistration is still open for the institute in "The City of Children" — an immersive week with educators from around the world. This could be the year you join us, Reader. [Learn more about what makes this event so special.] Ciao a tutti! Gary Stager & Sylvia Martinez |
Constructing Modern Knowledge
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Hello Reader, A nearly 60-year-old paper highly skeptical of artificial intelligence is going viral on social media. Written in 1965 by MIT philosopher Hubert Dreyfus, Alchemy and Artificial Intelligence argued that the entire AI enterprise was built on a false assumption about how human minds work — and that no computer, no matter how powerful, would ever be able to replicate what makes human intelligence genuinely human. Dreyfus paid a steep professional price for saying so. According to...
Hello Reader, In between leading a lecture/workshop on computational making at Italy’s University of Padova and a forthcoming lecture at The University of Bologna, Gary and I have been hard at work planning for our institute, The Language of Computation – Constructing Modern Knowledge in Reggio Emilia (June 15-19, 2026). It is not too late to join us! Gary being introduced by Professor Emanuele Menegatti Who else is in Reggio Emilia? Do you know who else is excited to be learning about...
We're thrilled to announce a new book from CMK Press: History in Their Hands: Teaching Inquiry-Based United States History Through the Lens of Black Agency by Beth Krasemann. This book is wholly consistent with the CMK Press philosophy — trust students, empower teachers, expand opportunities for knowledge construction. The learning-by-making here just happens to be in U.S. history. Students are armed with primary sources — text, visuals, audio, and video — and challenged to socially construct...