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From: mbrooks@bach.udel.edu (Morris Brooks)
Subject: help selecting LOGO materials
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I have recently received an assignment to develop some technology-related
learning activities for elementary school teachers who are working on a
Masters of Instruction degree. One of these activities will be to
investigate using LOGO for math instruction. 

I did work with LOGO quite a few years ago, but I am not up-to-date on the
latest materials, so I would appreciate suggestions from experienced users
on the following:

	background readings on the LOGO philosophy of using programming
	to enhance learning (other than Mindstorms)

	interesting case histories of applications, particularly to elementary
	math instruction, and summaries of research findings
	
	self-study instructional materials on the LOGO languages itself
	suitable for teachers at this level.  It would be nice if these
	are consistent with the free versions of LOGO that are available
	from MIT and Berkeley. Or, are there commercial versions that are
	so much better that we should invest in them?

	sample lessons plans for using LOGO in elementary math. (I have
	some of these in the NCTM Standards publications.) 
	
There seems to be a lot of material available, but much of it is pretty old,
and the research-oriented papers seem at too high a level for the students
in this program.

I will appreciate any assistance you can offer me.



-- 
             Morris W. Brooks
             Instructional Technology Center
             University of Delaware