ken@aiva.UUCP (09/29/87)
Books on Logo for six year olds
Try Donna Bearden's super book "1, 2, 3, my computer and me".
In the UK is it published by Prentice Hall; in the US, by Reston
Publishing, Reston, Virginia. There is also a Parent's or Teacher's
Guide that accompanies it: "The Turtle's source book" by Bearden,
K Martin and J Muller.
Try to persuade her to join either (or both)
a British Logo User Group
P O box 79
WALSALL, WS5 3RW
b International Logo Exchange
P O box 5686
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Virginial, VA 22905
For anyone else who sees this on the News: here are some other
nice texts. I am afraid this list is dated now: please feel free
to add to it. The object of putting this list here is to try to show
that Logo is not just a kid's language: it is simple, but it is not
a toy. So: A bibliography...
Abelson, H: Apple Logo. Byte/McGraw Hill.
Abelson,H: Logo for the Apple 2. Byte/McGraw Hill.
Abelson H and DiSessa: Turtle geometry. MIT Press.
Goldenberg P [?]: Exploring language with Logo. MIT Press.
Goodyear P M: Logo, a guide to learning through programming. Ellis Horwood.
Harvey B: Computer science Logo style. In 3 volumes. (vol 3 awaited)
MIT Press
Martin A: Learning and teaching with Logo. Croom Helm.
McDougall A, Adams T and Adams P: Learning Logo on the Apple 2.
Prentice Hall.
Papert S: Mindstorms, children, computers and powerful ideas.
Harvester.
Ross P M: Logo programming. Addison Wesley.
Thornburg D: Discovering Apple Logo, an invitation to the art and pattern
of nature.
Yazdani, M: New horizons in educational computing. Ellis Horwood.
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