Logois a computer programming language that students of manydifferent ages can use to explore mathematical ideas. It was developedat the MIT MediaLaboratory by a team of people led by Dr. Seymour Papert. Papert wroteabook called

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Mindstorms back in 1980 that has had a significantimpacton how people think about technology and education. In fact, somedescribeLogo as an educational philosophy as much as it is a particularcomputinglanguage. Logo was designed as a computer language to learn withinsteadof a language to learn about. These days there is a websitededicatedto Papert and some of his thinking and projects--see http://www.papert.org/.

Learning challenge: How many regular polygonscan you create using the Logo turtle?

We solved this learning challenge in class. I have also written a lessonplan for this same task for our math/science methods course. Myemphasis in that case is ways one can meet the NCTM Standards throughcreative learning projects.

Where to get Logo for your school

Logo is available for free on the web for eitherthe WindowsorMac platform.

MSW Logo is for Windows computers and available at http://www.softronix.com/logo.html

UCB Logo (also called Berkeley Logo) is theoriginal code used in creating MSW Logo. It isaMacintosh program written by Brian Harvey. It works on Mac and Unixplatforms as well as Windows computers. It is available at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/(scroll down to the paragraph that begin 'Berkeley Logo').
If you’re interested in a powerful multimedia capable version of theprogram,see the Microworlds website at http://www.microworlds.com/.You directly download afree 15 day trial version of MicroWorlds Pro and other outstandingcomputerprograms specifically designed to support constructivist teachingapproaches.

Readings

Learning andLeading articles
I would recommend the Glen and Gina Bull article Learner-Based Tools Revisited—The EnduringFeatures of Learner-Based Software: Logo and Its Successors asthe best one to read.

Online searchfor an article
Besides using Google to search forarticles, I wouldsuggest you might want to further explore the Papert site listed above,the softronix site listed above (which has many resources as well as asite for downloading MSW Logo), the LogoFoundation (see What is Logo and Logo Resources especially), andthe additional Logo resources listed below.

Additional Logo and Lego robotics resources:

If you’d like to learn more about Logo, see ATurtle fortheTeacher at http://www.ecu.edu.au/pa/ecawa/sig/logo/paul_dench/turtle/,a tutorial written by an Australian teacher named Paul Dench.

For a look at some great Logo projects, see theLogo artgalleryby Yehuda Katz (from Israel) & Olga Tuzova (from Russia) availableat: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/2276/(click on 'Logo Art Gallery'). These two have never met but built thiscollection of Logoprojects via email with the help of programmers around the world.

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For other examples of student work using Logo andLego programmable objects see TheLogo Foundation's site featuring student work.

Lego robotics are a hot item in Oregon. See the ORTOP site for more information aboutlocal and regional Lego robotics competitions. This could be a greatplace for a school/industry collaborartion at your school. Ateacher might start a Lego robotics club with financial support from anorganizaiotn like the PTA and then a local business might providevolunteers who could serve as consultants for the projects.

OMSI also puts on professional develoment coursesfor teachers. I highly recommend their 'robots madeeasy' workshop in which they share their expertise from doing Legorobotics with students.