Nothing could be more absurd than an experiment in which computers are placed in a classroom where nothing else is changed.

There's a tendency to make jazzy educational software that's very uniform and therefore just like school. I'd like to see a company develop software for rebellious kids who don't want to go to school.

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.

I think Disney is a very interesting company, and it does have an extremely powerful means for projecting a certain way of thinking.

Even with the most stupid video games, kids learn more about learning than they ever did before, because they want to learn codes and moves before other kids figure them out. They're motivated to seek out someone or search the Net for help. A student who makes a video game has to solve mathematical problems to make special effects happen on the screen.

The first thing to note is that pornography and many abductions occur apart from the use of computers, and that most child abuse happens within the family. So I think the extra degree of danger that computers pose doesn't justify the frenzy.

If a kid really is retarded and can only come up to a certain level, he will still have more success if what he learns is connected with something important to him.