LOGO-L> Re: LOGO-L> Re: Is Logo old technology?

["Ken Kahn" <KenKahn@ToonTalk.com>]

Bill Kerr wrote:
>
>my perspective: the trial you are organising is a comparison with Superlogo
>not MicroWorlds (I don't know much about Superlogo)
>
The research project (www.ioe.ac.uk/playground) is being led by Richard Noss
and Celia Hoyles at the Institute of Education at the University of London.
I am just a technical consultant to the project. I have heard that SuperLogo
is comparable to MicroWorlds. Also, the version of SuperLogo to be used is a
new enhanced version that is under development. It seems that SuperLogo
(also known as OpenLogo) is popular in Europe while MicroWorlds is popular
in North America. I personally have no opinion as to which is better.

>your perspective (mine too): the actual market for kids programming
>languages seems to be shrinking, as more sophisticated pre-packed
>simulations, like sim-life etc. come on stream.
>
Yes, that is my perception too. I think it is sad, even though I have lots
of respect for titles like SimCity. But maybe the next generation of kids
programming languages can reverse the trend. I have my fingers crossed.

Best,

-ken kahn (www.toontalk.com)






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