Re: LOGO-L> MicroWorlds

["John St. Clair" <jstclair@cyberg8t.com>]

At 5:30 PM -0500 2/16/98, keiran&barbarasmith wrote:
>My name is Barbara Smith.  I am a middle school computer teacher.  I have
>never used Logo programming in my classrooms.  This is the first year I am
>using the MicroWorlds software by LCSI.  I am trying to teach my students
>Logo in  a systematic way where I can introduce the vocabulary and their
>functions.  I am having a hard time reading the user guide and the projects
>manual.  Then I try to use the Logo programs on the internet and can't seem
>to accomplish anything.  Do you have any suggestions on books or manual
>that I can purchase to make my life easier?  I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi Barbara,

I often start my students out with a unit on Geometry which gets them
familiar with the turtle and eventually writing procedures.  I have posted
some of the handouts that I use in my classroom which you are welcome to
print out and use.  It's important to give the students plenty of time to
experiment with each new handout that you give them.  I make part of their
grade "participation" which I define as experimenting with the Logo
commands just learned in an assignment.  It's particularly useful to have
them make up their own procedures after they learn how to write a
procedure.  Here's the URL:

http://www.cyberg8t.com/jstclair/logo.html

Go to the bottom of the web page to see the handouts.

-John

John St. Clair		     Global SchoolNet Foundation
Technology Teacher	     moderator schl-sig-logo and logo-l
Vina Danks Middle School     http://www.cyberg8t.com/jstclair/jsc.bio.html
Ontario-Montclair School District
Ontario, California, USA


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