Quotes are taken from a message written by Ron to Charles on 07/20/96...
RM>Sheila's going to kill me, but a kid is going to move the
RM>turtle around and draw stuff, and it's going to be COOL..
RM>for the first few times... And then...
In the version of LOGO that we used on the CoCo there were actually 
three levels of programming - direct commands given to move the turtle 
(FD 100 to move forward 100 spaces), an editor for building sequential 
programs (several commands could be written and combined into a series 
of movements) and "doodle mode."  I don't know if this doodle mode is 
standard in all versions of LOGO, but it allowed the use of short-cut 
keys so that the turtle could be moved with little regard to any 
programming (the 8 key for example moved the turtle forward 10 spaces).  
Once the kids learned the Doodle mode they had little use for the edit 
mode - it wasn't nearly as much fun .
RM>It comes back to a comparison between what the kid can do 
RM>and what's out there around him.  If there was nothing
RM>around, then getting the turtle to do "stuff" would be
RM>inspiring, but with all the stuff around THESE days, there
RM>isn't much s/he can do that is inspirational....
Good point.
Chuck
Chuck Beams
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