Re: LOGO-L> LOGO and LEGO

["Terrapin Software" <info@www.terrapinlogo.com>]

Terrapin Software offers a wide variety of Logo and Logo-related materials,
including two different college texts developed by professors for students
such as those you describe.  These are called The Well-Tempered Turtle
(Illinois Wesleyan) and Logo Models and Methods for Problem Solving
(Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts).  You can check out our products on
the web at www.terrapinlogo.com or we will be happy to send you a catalog if
you will send your mailing address to us.

Bill

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-----Original Message-----
From: mjadud@indiana.edu <mjadud@indiana.edu>
To: logo-l@gsn.org <logo-l@gsn.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 9:43 PM
Subject: LOGO-L> LOGO and LEGO


>Greetings!
>    My name is Matt Jadud,  a graduate student in the CS department at
>Indiana University. I am currently beginning work on sketching out a new
>course for non-CS majors at Indiana University; this course would be an
>intro to programming concepts, focusing primarily on teamwork and
>problem solving skills.  Part of the inspiration for this course was the
>release of LEGO's new MindStorms series, based on the PBrick research at
>MIT.
>
>    To aid in introducing various programming concepts, I think I'd like
>to use LOGO. This allows for some nice connections to be made, I think.
>For example, I'm considering having students start out using LOGO for
>some introductory work, and making one of their first 'robotics'
>projects building a LEGO turtle that actually draws. Eventually, we'd
>move primarily to programming just the LEGO PBrick, but I think I'd like
>to start with something that allows for faster prototyping and
>development of ideas..
>
>    My question to this group is this: can you recommend any texts that
>I as an instructor/planner may find of use? Or, any texts that might be
>particularly useful for the students in the class?
>
>    Thank you,
>    Matt Jadud
>    mjadud@indiana.edu
>
>
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