RM> My concern here stems from the way that things went in high school -
RM> Computer courses became just programming courses under the aegis of 
RM>the math department.
SK>I can appreciate your points. Somehow at our school we have managed to
SK>keep programming in a separate department from the math classes
SK>(although in early June when I found out I'd be teaching programming
SK>next year, the asst. principal suggested to me that we might want to
SK>change it to be included as part of the math dept. I told her I didn't
SK>think that was a good idea....).
Maybe it's just a function of the timing... At the time, it
seemed as if math teachers were, as a group, fairly well
acclimated to the computer, and it didn't really fall into a
particular discipline...  The math teachers naturally seemed 
to gravitate to programming... There evolved a separate path
through occupational education wherein one might learn about
applications (we've all discussed this in the past)...  The
stuff the kids seem to like (graphics) fell by the wayside.
It just strikes me as an unfortunate series of events.  The
emphasis on programming, and therefore on math, has limited
the exposure to computing the average kid might have had...
SK>Mostly turtle graphics, string manipulations. I hope to
SK>incorporate a lot of this approach in my class this fall.
The logo had/has potential, I agree, and does allow one to
sneak in some angle work...    ;-)
SK>I'm going to post some of the things I found on the Web in another 
SK>message to Bob.
I'll look forward to seeing this as well....
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