Re: LOGO-L> Re: what good is Logo?

["prkosuth" <prkosuth@mychoice.net>]

Gary:

	This course sounds very interesting to me. Back in 1980 to 1983 I was a
Botany grad student studying liverworts (Hepatophyta, Jungermania sp to be
more specific). What I was really interested in was modeling plant growth
and development and then comparing the algorithms to ggain some insigght
into the process that were occuring in the plants. I got as far as
collecting and analyzing raw data that compared size and shapes of cells to
the resulting development and orientation of the plant. Not having made it
to the Phd level, I never really got to the core of what I wanted to study
-- the more theoretical areas of plant development. I have been trying to
get in touch with this side of things by review L-systems and other
theoretical models of development.

	Please send me more info about the course you are preparing. Is there a
way to do an email extension ?   What are you reading to help understand
these issues ?

Thanks,

Paul Kosuth 
prkosuth@mychoice.net

ex-botanist, current math/sci instructor for kids with LD
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>      I use Logo for a unique reason.  I am developing a course in 
> Artificial Life and Robotics.  This will be a college level course in 
> BIOLOGY (not computer science) and will be for general education so many 
> non-scientists will be in the course.  I need something that will 
> introduce the students to the concepts that they can get up to speed in 
> very quickly and accomplish something in just 16 weeks.  
>      Some of my goals for the course are to give students a taste of 
> scientific research (idea, plan, hypothesis, experiment, evaluate,
redesign, 
> re-xperiement, etc.).  I also want them to function above the memory and 
> analytic level: synthetic (creative) and problem solving.  I want an 
> interface that is friendly to many intellectual levels and interests. 
> Logo is absolutely the fastest, easiect computer language to learn that
still
> possesess the 
> necessary sophistication to really accomplish something significant.    
>      I have explored many languages suggested by computer specialists
over the
> 
> last four years.  For my particular set of needs: ease of interest, 
> power, and friendliness there simply is nothing better.  Of course, it 
> also has the Lego Logo connection for the robotics (no soldering or 
> pre-requisite of electronics).  
>      The course has been offered in bits and pieces so far as special 
> topics.  I hope to have it through our curriculum committee next fall and 
> the first real course in 1999.  I hope you all hear about it again.  But 
> that is why I use Logo.
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