The Boston Globe had a great piece on Seymour Papert a few days ago. Papert is the MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator perhaps best known for his work on using emerging technologies to transform schools and students. In 2006, at the age of 78, he was struck by a motorbike near his hotel in Hanoi, where he had gone to deliver a keynote address to a group of mathematicians and educators. He suffered severe brain injury. The Globe article discusses his continuing rehabilitation.

Peter Rottman [a friend and executive director of The Learning Barn], for his part, is heartened by the continual improvements in Papert’s speech. “At the very beginning, I think he was confused. He wasn’t very aware of his surroundings. Now he seems much more aware.”

Then he turned to Papert to get his perspective. “Think that will change, Seymour?” he asked.

“I don’t know,” Papert replied with a shrug. “We’ll see.”