Cynthia Solomon

Throughout her research studies in education, Solomon worked full-time as a computer teacher in elementary and secondary schools.

Solomon later worked on the program committee of Constructing Modern Knowledge and the Marvin Minsky Institute for Artificial Intelligence in 2016.

Solomon has published a range of books and articles based on original research in the fields of child education and technology use in the classroom.

Intermittently while completing her schooling, Solomon worked for several years as a researcher with Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert at MIT and later at Bolt, Beranek and Newman.

Then, in the 1980s, Massachusetts Institute of Technology hired Solomon to lead the Atari Cambridge Research Laboratory due to her success in developing Logo.

Solomon maintained a long relationship working with the MIT Media Lab and the One Laptop per Child Foundation.

Focused specifically on elementary school mathematics, Solomon discusses the role of computers in innovative learning theories.

based jigsaw programming Turtlestich In 2016, Solomon won the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Pioneer Award.

She introduced the Seymour Papert memorial lecture at CrossRoads 2018,[6] and facilitated conversation about new uses for the program in education and to a new demographic of users.