Re: LOGO-L> Re: Computer Language for Kids ?

[Jeff <jeffr@mugc.cc.monash.edu.au>]

On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Mike Doyle wrote:
> > A battery powered RF controlled turtle would be an ideal companion to
> > go along with Logo.  
> That's how Logo got into the parlous state it is in today! If you are 
> working at such a concrete level it is *far* better to get kids to follow 
> instructions shouted by other kids (using spoken language not unseen 
> ripples in the aether)- this is what *active* learning is all about. Then 
> step up to the power of on-screen representation. The Floor Turtle was a 
> technological intermediate - let it go.
...what complete and utter garbage!

Jeff Richardson
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