Path: news.media.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic.csu.net!eis.calstate.edu!swrl27.slip.csu.net!dkresse Newsgroups: comp.lang.logo Subject: Re: Brian Harveys text Message-ID: <2eni17$ich@eis.calstate.edu> From: Dave Kressen Date: 15 Dec 1993 17:37:43 GMT References: Distribution: world Organization: CORE Advisory Board NNTP-Posting-Host: swrl27.slip.csu.net X-UserAgent: 1.0b2 X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Wed, 15 Dec 93 09:35:52 GMT Lines: 14 I agree absolutely with Larry's point, and with Brian's comments in response to an earlier post on the same subject. What I tried to do when I wrote "All About Logo" was explain Logo to teachers and high school students as a consistent, rational body of knowledge. It's the same way I tried to teach math to middle school students for thirty years! What's nice about Logo is that one *can* have fun exploring without formally studying the language. What's important for teachers, I think, is that they follow-up their exploration with an understanding of *why* things work the way they do. Incidentally, I have no commercial interest in "All About Logo" - it's copyrighted as shareware and available to anyone for the asking. Dave Kressen Pacific Oaks College dkresse@ctp.org 3081 Oneida Street 818-792-8546 Pasadena CA 91107