Re: LOGO-L> Re: Popularity of Logo

["James E. Hoburg" <james.e.hoburg@lucent.com>]

gary mccallister writes:
>      In defense of those who wish to use the computer as a tool in all 
> forms of learning and not just as computer language I suggest one read 
> the fun book "The Saber Tooth Curriculum".  While I feel programming is 
> important, we cannot infinitely pile on more and more curriculum, exactly 
> what has been happening in the US for many years.  It is better to have 
> computers in every classroom and used as needed than to have computers 
> only available in the computer lab and add an additional course to the 
> curriculum.  

  What other computer-based learning tools have you folks found interesting?
Some interesting things have come from my son's use of SimEarth and SimCity,
but I have wonder about assumptions maybe implicit in the packages.  More
generally, are simulations worthwhile learning tools for children?

Regards,
jeh

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