Re: Hi Logo enthusiasts

["Nate Schmolze" <schmolze@xxxx>]

--- In MWcybercourse@xxxx, David_Raftery@xxxx wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I signed up with the group this morning. I just finished reading 
> Wendy's long post from 2/23/2001 on the cybercourse and thought I 
> beter join up since my name is mentioned several times in her post
> :-) 
> I have been involved with Logo since I bought my Atari ST back in 
> 1986 (Digital Research Logo was the only programming language 
> available for it in the beginning). I came to realize how powerful 
> Logo is. I currently have MicroWorlds Pro, Terrapin Logo and Mach 
> Turtles Logo installed on my computer. I have two children, a 10 
year 
> old son and a 6 year old daughter. I have introduced them both to
> Logo 
> but I don't want to push Logo on them. I want to let them discover 
it 
> for themselves. So they are my audience!
> 
> I think the MWcybercourse is a great idea. I will be happy to help 
in 
> my spare time. Some ideas I'll throw out are:
> 
> The Open Source movement is a great idea and has done a tremendous 
> good for computing in general. Examples are Linux, Python and 
Squeak 
> smalltalk. Do you think it would be good for the MWcybercourse to 
be 
> "open source"? If at some later date a book comes out of this
> project, 
> all our contibuted material would be freely available to use in the 
> book and any money that comes in after publishing it could be 
donated 
> to a worthy group (maybe the Logo Foundation ?)
> 
> I am excited about the concept of creating Active Essays with MW
> logo. 
> Maybe we could explore this and provide examples of how to build 
them.
> 
> Apple's Hypercard product is a precursor of MW logo. Many books 
have 
> beeen written on the subject. I am sure many hypercard ideas are 
> transferable to MW logo.
> 
> The Python language is in the early stages of a project called 
> Computer Programming for everyone (CP4E). They plan to develop 
course 
> materials to teach children how to program in Python. I'm sure we 
can 
> translate some of their ideas into logo.
> 
> A great book I have been reading on MicroWorlds is "MicroWorlds 2 
> Hypermedia Project Development & Logo Scripting" by Sharon Yoder 
and 
> available from ISTE Publications. The documentation that comes with
> MW Logo Pro leaves a lot to be desired. I am one of those people 
who 
> hates online documentation. I need a book in my hands to flip pages 
> in.
> 
> My interests are more in the area of list procesing than turtle 
> graphics, but I'll be happy to help wherever there is a need.
> 
> Feel free to use the collaborative web site for this MWcybercourse 
> project as needed; the URL is http://www.wikiweb.com/~Logo/Start I 
> added a link to create a page on MWcybercourse where people can 
start 
> discussions. I do not own this site, I am merely the administrator 
for 
> this logo wiki. 
> The site is provided as a free service by wikiweb.com . Anyone can 
> create their own wiki at this site for other discussions (sports, 
> computing, whatever).
> 
> For those of you who haven't visited a wiki site yet, a little 
> introduction. A wiki is a collaborative web site where any visitor
> can edit existing pages and easily create new pages. You do not 
have 
> to know HTML to use a wiki. When you select the edit page link, an 
> edit window appears in your browser and you can edit the contents 
of 
> the page. To create a hpertext link to a new or existing page, you 
> type the name of the page as 2 or more words run together without 
> spaces and surrounded by asterisks. Examples of links are : 
*NewPage*, 
> *RecentVisitors*, *MyNewPageOnLogo*. When you finish editing the
> page, click the save link and you will see your text as a web page. 
> More detailed editing instructions cann be found on the wiki site. 
If 
> people wish, I can post more information on using the wiki here or 
on 
> LogoForum.
> 
> It's going to be fun and rewarding working with you all.
> Have a great weekend.
> Dave
> 
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