1. Students with no prior programming experience start with Logo (in-house version). 2. Logo is of course not strictly necessary, but for beginners, especially

1. Students with no prior programming experience start with Logo (in-house version). 2. Logo is of course not strictly necessary, but for beginners, especially if they have had no interest in coding or have math/problem solving anxiety it seems like an excellent way to go based on our experience. 3. It's easier to get started coding using Logo than almost any other language/platform. Just a few characters (eg. fd 100) gives you an animation. As AI can now generate extremely complex code, it helps to have an easy to use language that someone can use to learn what coding is all about without getting stuck in (initially) unnecessary details. Logo is also not primarily about programming, but mostly about thinking and problem solving in a relatively simple environment that allows quick feedback to the learner. Logo is, of course, not the right tool for learning how operating systems, databases, CPUs, work.