In this sequel to his classic Mindstorms Papert, the inventor of the programming language LOGO, explains how computers have the potential to revolutionize education.. In his classsic book, Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and powerful Ideas , Seymour Papert set out a vision of how computers could change school. In The Childrens Machine he now looks back over a decade during which American schools acquired more than three million computers and assesses progress and resistance to progress.