TLTL Talks
Talks & Keynotes
Invited keynote addresses, lectures, and public conversations on education, technology, and equity.
A School for Makers: One Fabrication Lab per School
The talk that introduced FabLab@School to the world — a vision for low-cost digital fabrication labs that let children learn by building, not just hearing.
Artificial Intelligence in Education
Why the long history of teaching machines should make us cautious — and how the politics of educational technology shape who AI is built to serve.
Maker Education & Digital Fabrication
The FabLab@School vision and the constructionist idea behind it: children learn science and technology most deeply when they build, make, and invent.
Educational Robotics & Computing
Two decades of low-cost, open-source tools — from the GoGo Board to classroom robotics — designed so students learn computing by programming the physical world.
Interviews & Conversations
Longer-form conversations on learning technologies, equity, and educational change — in English and Portuguese.
Audio & Podcasts
Radio and podcast conversations on education, technology, and equity.
Educação digital: até onde a tecnologia ajuda?
O Assunto · G1 / Globo · 2023
On G1’s flagship daily news podcast, Blikstein joins the conversation on how far technology can really take education — access, methodology, and what actually works in classrooms.
Selected Keynotes
Invited keynote and plenary addresses at international conferences.
FabLearn Keynotes
Keynotes across the FabLearn network spanning Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Invited Talks & Presentations
Invited lectures, colloquia, and presentations across universities.
Sharing Best Practices in Maker Education
FabLearn Dialogues NL–DK 2019, Arnhem, Netherlands
Research in Project-Based Learning and Digital Fabrication
University of Helsinki, Finland
Empowering Learning and Digital Fabrication: The FabLearn Project
FabLearn Europe Conference, Aarhus, Denmark
Fabrication Labs for K–12 STEM Education
Innovative Learning Conference, Nueva School, Hillsborough, CA
Multimodal Learning Analytics: A New Research Paradigm
I Workshop in Multimodal Learning Analytics, ICMI
Children as Creators: Constructivism Meets CyberLearning
NSF Cyberlearning Research Summit, Washington, DC
New Technologies for Creative Learning
UC Berkeley, School of Education, CalTeach Program
One Fabrication Lab per Child
Human-Computer Interaction Colloquium, Stanford University
Scaling, Manufacturing, Moving Beyond DIY: The GoGo Board
Open Hardware Summit, New York Hall of Science
Computer Modeling in Engineering Education
Materials Science Department Colloquium, Stanford University
Technology and School Change
UC Berkeley, School of Education, CalTeach Program
Assessment of Constructionist Learning and Computational Thinking
National Academies Symposium on Computational Thinking
New Challenges for Brazilian Education
Peabirus NGO, São Paulo, Brazil
Power in Education from a Freirean Perspective
Spencer Foundation Workshop on Sociocultural Approaches to Race and Power
Computational Literacy
National Academies Symposium on Computational Thinking
Agent-Based Modeling and Scientific Inquiry with NetLogo
Guest Lecture, Northwestern University
Complexity and New Media: Making Sense of a Complex World
International Conference on New Media and Publishing, Brasília
Agent-Based Simulation and Complex Systems
IGERT Speaker Series, Northwestern University
The City That We Want: Constructionist Robotics and Social Design
Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
Teachers’ Mental Models of Children’s Minds
Symposium of Education for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainable Dev
Project-Based Learning and Science Fairs
Symposium of Education for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainable Dev
Technology for New Learning Environments in Public Education
Innovative Educators Association, Cidade Escola Aprendiz
Transdisciplinary Science and Technology Ateliers and Learning Hubs
UNESCO Informática 2002
Intertextuality and the New Media
University of Alicante, Spain
Tutorials & Workshops
New Frontiers in Educational Robotics with the Raspberry Pi and the GoGo Board
Constructionism 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
Designing for Diversely Motivated Learners
Digital Fabrication and Making in Education Workshop, IDC 2013, New York
NetLogo: Teaching with Turtles and Crossing Curricular Boundaries
SIGCSE 2013, New York
Bifocal Modeling: Combining Virtual and Physical Experiments
ICLS 2012, Sydney, Australia
An Introduction to Agent-Based Computer Modeling for Cognitive Research
Cognitive Science Society Conference, Portland, OR
NetLogo and Agent-Based Modeling
Agent 2007 Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston
NetLogo and Multi-Agent Simulation for Education
IDC 2005, University of Colorado, Boulder
NetLogo and Multi-Agent Simulation
Integrated System Laboratory, University of São Paulo, Brazil
GoGo Board: Low-Cost, Programmable and Reconfigurable Robotics
XIV Symposium of Technology in Education, UFRJ
The GoGo Board: Extending Programming to the Physical World
Eurologo 2003, Porto, Portugal
The City That We Want: Designing Solutions Using New Technologies
II National Science and Engineering Fair (FEBRACE), USP
More Talks & Appearances
Comissão de Educação: Reunião Deliberativa
TV Câmara · Congresso Nacional, Brazil
Participation in a deliberative hearing of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies’ Education Commission on technology and the future of public education.
Source: Lemann Center ↗Another View of Educational Technologies
Lemann Center Class · Stanford University
A recorded class reframing how educational technologies should be evaluated, chosen, and meaningfully integrated into schools.