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I learned LOGO when I was 10 or so, in mid-90s, in India. I had just learned Basic the year before, and it did useful math things, so I was not impressed by LOG

by ece 3y ago

I learned LOGO when I was 10 or so, in mid-90s, in India. I had just learned Basic the year before, and it did useful math things, so I was not impressed by LOGO. Off course LOGO does more than what I played around with on the lab computers with (even more than Basic), in a limited amount of time.

retrocryptid 3y ago
I wonder where your lessons for BASIC and LOGO came from. I've got to think that there's a wide range of quality in lessons and lesson plans. Or at least some lessons are intended for a certain age group or emphasize one type of skill over another. I'm reminded that when I was taught LOGO in the 70s it was in a class where there was about a 3 to 1 student to teacher ratio and the lessons were far from self-paced. Maybe THAT'S why I have such great memories. It's 'cause I had someone right there to answer questions. And my memories of learning LOGO in the 70s was it was very much like an American Montessori experience. The "teacher" introduced a concept and you got to play around with it for an hour. Then there would be a new concept followed by more play. And as I mentioned, if I found I couldn't do something I wanted to do, the teacher was right there.
- ece 3y ago
  I don't think I'm too far off in saying my teachers at the time probably weren't experienced with computers. I didn't have a computer at home until a couple years later (and moved to the US), and didn't really learn about data structures and algorithms until a couple more years. I can only remember doing computer labs (with ~20 shared computers, and some individual attention if you had problems) like chemistry or physics labs, with write ups and some theory. It was enough to pique my interest in computers certainly, so age appropriate lesson accomplished I think, relatively speaking.

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I learned LOGO when I was 10 or so, in mid-90s, in India. I had just learned Basic the year before, and it did useful math things, so I was not impressed by LOG

by ece 3y ago

retrocryptid 3y ago
I wonder where your lessons for BASIC and LOGO came from. I've got to think that there's a wide range of quality in lessons and lesson plans. Or at least some lessons are intended for a certain age group or emphasize one type of skill over another. I'm reminded that when I was taught LOGO in the 70s it was in a class where there was about a 3 to 1 student to teacher ratio and the lessons were far from self-paced. Maybe THAT'S why I have such great memories. It's 'cause I had someone right there to answer questions. And my memories of learning LOGO in the 70s was it was very much like an American Montessori experience. The "teacher" introduced a concept and you got to play around with it for an hour. Then there would be a new concept followed by more play. And as I mentioned, if I found I couldn't do something I wanted to do, the teacher was right there.
- ece 3y ago
  I don't think I'm too far off in saying my teachers at the time probably weren't experienced with computers. I didn't have a computer at home until a couple years later (and moved to the US), and didn't really learn about data structures and algorithms until a couple more years. I can only remember doing computer labs (with ~20 shared computers, and some individual attention if you had problems) like chemistry or physics labs, with write ups and some theory. It was enough to pique my interest in computers certainly, so age appropriate lesson accomplished I think, relatively speaking.