Path: news.media.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!vbock From: vbock@delphi.com (Valerie Bock) Newsgroups: comp.lang.logo Subject: Re: Info on S. Papert's books Date: 17 Jan 1994 20:58:08 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 30 Message-ID: <9401171553591.vbock.DLITE@delphi.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com James, Thank you for the reading suggestions! I realize my "review" was inadequate. I suspect part of my difficulty with interesting my kids in Logo is that I am by no means comfortable with it myself...I just haven't spent the time playing with it. So I've been to the used book stores and picked up ancient texts that take you step by step. [to square, to polyspi, etc.] I was able to teach basic robotics to adult autoworkers while staying just 2 steps ahead of the class (The curriculum was thrown at us 2 weeks before the class started!) but I do believe, from following the discussions here, that a fairly deep understanding of the undertaking is necessary to guide someone else through it. I have great respect for the limitless possibilities opened up by the language. I have long felt that computer programming should be a required part of curricula at every level, precisely because of the discipline and thinking skills one develops attempting to solve problems in a logical environment. This is a liberal-arts major's view, but I believe if you can think clearly enough to tell a computer what you want it to do, communicating with people (who have actual reasoning and interpretive powers!) should be a snap! Anyway, thanks for your input! Valerie ******************************************************************** * Valerie C. Bock * Mom to Jimmy, 6-3/4; Stephen, 5; Katie 2-1/2 * * vbock@delphi.com * (It's the go nuts now, go broke later plan!) * ********************************************************************