comp.lang.logo

  The Logo teaching and learning language.

  Comp.lang.logo provides a common ground for discussion of the Logo
  language and its variants, questions about language syntax,
  constructs, algorithms, and use of Logo and like languages for
  educational goals.  be facilitated.  Experiences, lessons learned and
  ``What worked for me'' stories that are posted to this newsgroup would
  allow a broad range of distribution and provide a knowledgeable group
  of contributors for answering questions.  Exchange of Logo programs
  would be facilitated by posting notices of program archives.
  
  This newsgroup is focused on the Logo approach to education,
  exploration, and programming in Logo.  Areas for discussion include,
  but are not limited to, the following topics:
  
  *  The Logo Language itself, including how to get started,
  programming questions, resources, and reference materials.
  
  *  Logo applications and development information including: design
  issues, utilities, experiences with Logo use, new features or
  capabilities [e.g. LEGO/Logo], and implementation issues for interpreter
  developers.  This area would also serve as a focal point for software
  trading, reviews and requests for available packages.
  
  *  Logo for educational, pedagogical, development or cognitive
  discipline support.
  
  *  General discussion on the uses of the Logo language for
  education, prototyping, exploratory programming, microworld
  development, tooling, AI-Education topics, classroom experiences and
  research results.
  
  In addition to topics and general discussion areas already listed,
  examples of questions that have been discussed in other groups that
  are appropriate for comp.lang.logo are:
  
  *  Why does my school system insist on teaching Logo to only advanced
  students when that was clearly not the goal of the language designers
  and developers? 
  
  *  How can I get my school system to use Logo to replace the
  Electronic Worksheets they are using now? 
  
  *  Anyone want to get a group buy together for LEGO/Logo and see if
  Dacta will give us a group discount? 
  
  *  When and where are the good Logo conferences this year? 
  
  *  Has anyone read the book ``Logo's Good Gnus ''  Is it any good? 
  
  *  Why are there so few microworlds outside the realm of
  mathematics? 
  
  *  How do I get started with Logo for my children at home? 

  Comp.lang.logo FAQ part * of *
    From: bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey)
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