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From: thom@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (Thom Gillespie)
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Subject: Re: Logo for college-level computer literacy courses
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Date: 31 Jul 90 21:29:44 GMT
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In article <1990Jul31.195854.4630@cs.rochester.edu> Cesar A. Quiroz <quiroz@cs.rochester.edu> writes:
>We are sort of considering running a computer literacy class with
>something like Logo instead of Pascal.  I would appreciate hearing
>about other people's experiences with this idea.  The class is very
>time-constrained, and most of the students don't expect to do much
>programming later.
>
>                                      Cesar Augusto Quiroz Gonzalez
>                                      Department of Computer Science
>                                      University of Rochester
>                                      Rochester,  NY 14627


Why not use HyperCard with "The Analytical Engine, an introduction to computer
science using HyperCard" by Decker & Hirshfield. HyperCard has the advantage of
being object oriented and fun. Logo was only ok because there was no HyperCard
'back then', and usually all anyone wanted to do was Turtle Graphics, rarely
did anyone use the list processing part of Logo. HyperCard also has the
advantage of being a powerful enough tool to be used 'after' class for 'other'
things. You don't normally do things like that with Logo. If you're stuck with
IBMs then you are out of luck unless you want to run ToolBook under Windows 3
and maybe write "The Analytical Engine II, an introduction to computer science
using ToolBook" There are pluses to everything :->

--Thom Gillespie
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