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Anybody remember Logo? That turtle graphics program? That's what they taught us at school. Programming for kids surely has changed a lot since then.
by NayamAmarshe 4y ago
Anybody remember Logo? That turtle graphics program?
That's what they taught us at school. Programming for kids surely has changed a lot since then.
- jazzido 4y agoScratch is part of the same lineage [0]. Seymour Papert (creator of Logo) was one of the doctoral advisors of Mitch Resnick, who leads the group at MIT that maintains Scratch. [0] https://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/history.html https://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/histor...
- kleer001 4y agoTHAT is fantastic and heartwarming. I wish they put that front and center on a History of Scratch page.
- mcshicks 4y agoYou can do turtle graphics in scratch. I have taught some beginner scratch classes at my local library and used the turtle graphics feature for the example for the class
- latchkey 4y agoMy grandfather got me a lesson in Logo when I was <10 on his apple ii. It was before I understood the concept of degrees, so I really struggled with it. That said, it is part of what made me into a software engineer today.
- empressplay 4y agoThere are modern web-based Logo interpreters too, including: Lynx (2D): https://lynxcoding.club https://lynxcoding.club turtleSpaces (3D): https://turtlespaces.org/weblogo https://turtlespaces.org/weblogo Logo is still taught by many schools, all around the world!
- theonething 4y agoI played around with Scratch and all the pointing, clicking and dragging drove me nuts.