Walter Bender

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educational technologist human open-source advocate software engineer

Walter Bender is an American software engineer and open-source advocate best known for his leadership in educational technology initiatives, including co-founding the One Laptop per Child project and developing child-focused learning software.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational technologist → human → open-source advocate → software engineer →
advocates	low-cost computing for children → open educational resources →
basedIn	Massachusetts →
coFounded	One Laptop per Child → Sugar Labs →
collaboratedWith	Nicholas Negroponte → Seymour Papert →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
developed	Music Blocks → Sugar learning platform → Turtle Blocks →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	MIT Media Lab →
fieldOfWork	constructionist learning → educational technology → human-computer interaction → open-source software →
focusesOn	learning-by-doing for children → project-based learning with computers →
hasResearchInterest	child-computer interaction → constructionist learning environments → technology in primary education →
hasRole	designer of child-centric user interfaces → software architect for educational tools →
influencedBy	constructionism (learning theory) →
knownFor	advocacy of open-source software in education → development of child-focused learning software → leadership in educational technology initiatives →
languageSpoken	English →
movement	free software movement → open education movement →
notableWork	Music Blocks → One Laptop per Child → Sugar Labs → Sugar learning platform → Turtle Blocks →
occupation	computer scientist → software engineer → university teacher →
positionHeld	executive director of MIT Media Lab → president of One Laptop per Child software and content → president of Sugar Labs →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Music Blocks →	creator
Music Blocks →	developer
One Laptop per Child →	foundedBy