Comments on: Happy Birthday Logo!

By: Bill Kerr

Bill Kerr — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:18:03 +0000

I've just discovered a new initiative in South Africa, kusasa - the philosophy is pure Papert and the software is squeak etoys (years 4-9) and python (years 10-12) I've written a summary here Seymour's original conception that computer programming is a vehicle by which certain ideas which are not obviously accessible to children (seen as too adult) can be made accessible is very powerful, eg. introduce calculus by using turtle vectors. Good ideas don't die, they are rediscovered by the new generation, sometimes taking on different substrates.

By: Scott Swanson

Scott Swanson — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:42:38 +0000

Great article, Sylvia! So many of us have touched and been touched by Logo over the years that this is an important anniversary to not forget. There are other successors as well, both actual and conceptual, to Logo such as Wilensky’s NetLogo or Kay’s Squeak (a critical part of OLPC, though I understand it diverges from some of the specific key criteria of Logo), which only serve to stand as a testament to the enduring power of Logo’s ideas and ideals.

So, where’s the turtle cake going to be?