Logo Links
Organizations engaged in Logo
projects:
- The Epistemology and Learning Group
- at the MIT Media Lab is in the forefront of Logo research. At this
website you'll find reports about current projects including the
Programmable Brick and StarLogo. The Group also maintains an ftp file server
where you can get publications, software, some back issues of Logo
Update, archives of the Usenet news group comp.lang.logo, the Logo
FAQ (frequently asked questions), and more.
EuroLogo
- has information about EUROLOGO 97, which was held in Budapest in
August 1997, EUROLOGO 99 to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria in August 1999,
as well as many other Logo links.
University of Hamburg
- maintains a webpage with an extensive list of Logo resources.
The
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
- has a Logo Special Interest Group which publishes the Logo Exchange.
El Macro-mundo de Logo
- is based in Spain. It has information about Logo and links to
resources.
Logo SIG of the Educational Computing Association
of Western Australia
- has Logo information and instructional materials.
'Ndahoo'aah
- is a project for concurrently developing and linking the skills of
traditional Navajo crafts and computer programming. This website
includes images and procedures for textile designs programmed in Logo.
NETLogo
- is aimed at the European educators. It provides products, services,
and on-line activities in support of Logo-based and other open-ended
educational environments.
Núcleo de Informática Aplicada à
Educação
- is a Brazilian project involving Logo.
The Omar
Dengo Foundation
- sponsors the Programa de Informática Educativa where Logo is used in
hundreds of schools throughout Costa Rica .
Ordi-Ecole
- in Switzerland has information about many aspects of Logo.
Oz Logo
- is a teachers' Logo Users Group in Australia.
El País de la Tortuga
- in Spain offers Logo information, papers, conference proceedings.
The Playground Project
- is building computer environments for children to play, design, and
create games.
Réseau Logo
- is a users group based in Belgium with activities in Logo, robotics,
and telecommunications.
Teaching with Multimedia (TeaM)
- is a newly established group at Eötvös Loránd University in
Budapest. Their website has information about their work with Comenius
Logo.
VALUE (Virtual Almanac for Logo Users and
Educators)
- is a project developed by Iliana Nikolova and her colleagues at the
University of Sofia in Bulgaria.
Commercial Logo software that is available from the Logo
Foundation:
These Logo software developers have websites with information about
their products. Visit their sites to find out about their versions of
Logo, but make sure come back here to order
from the Logo Foundation at discount prices.
- Fundaustral
- in Argentina developed and distributes Logo Gráfico in Spanish,
English, and Portuguese. The English version, Graphic Logo, is available
from the Logo Foundation
- Terrapin Software
- has Logo PLUS, PC Logo, Roamer, Logo Robotics, and a wide range of
Logo books.
Other sources of commercial Logo
software:
- Comenius University
- in Bratislava, Slovakia is the source of Comenius Logo. This Logo
for Windows is also available in a number of national versions in Hungary, Poland, Greece as MultiLogo, Portugal
as MegaLogo, Brazil as MegaLogo, in the United Kingdom as SuperLogo, and The
Netherlands and Belgium as Super Logo.
Fundaustral
- in Argentina developed and distributes Logo Gráfico. It is available
in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
Logo
Japan, Inc.
- is the leading developer of Logo in Japan. Its products include
LogoWriter and LogoWriter2.
Logo
Computer Systems (LCSI)
- offers MicroWorlds and other software products.
Logotron
- is a distributor of Logo software in the United Kingdom.
Pitsco
- distributes Logo-based and other robotics products produced by LEGO .
Free Logo software:
These websites offer versions of Logo that are in the Public Domain or
otherwise available without charge.
- Mach
Turtles Logo
- for Windows is now available for free downloading.
MSW
Logo
- based on UCBLogo, is written by George Mills. A French adaptation of
MSWLogo is available from MSWLOGO à
Genève. There is also a German version of MSW Logo.
rLogo
- by Richard Embry's is designed for use on the World Wide Web.
Logo interpreter in Scheme
- has been written by Arthur Nunes.
StarLogo
- was developed by a team led by Mitchel Resnick at the MIT Media Lab.
You can download both a Macintosh version and a newly released
Java implementation that is suitable for PCs. There are also active
StarLogo projects at Tufts University, and University
of Maine. The University of Maine site has an "alpha" version of
StarLogo for the PC which you may download.
TurboLogo
- by Carlos Nunes is a Logo interpreter for UNIX.
Turtle Tracks
- is a Logo interpreter written in Java. It's still under development,
but you may download a preview copy.
UCBLogo ,
- also called Berkeley Logo, has been developed by a team led by Brian Harvey.
Versions are available for Macintosh, MSDOS, Windows, and UNIX.
Schools, other organizations, and individuals
sharing their Logo work:
- Blake School
- students in Minnesota present the work they have been doing with
LEGO Logo.
- Frank Caggiano's
- website includes a number of MicroWorlds projects. You'll need a
Plug-in for your Web browser in order to view them. It's available for
free from LCSI .
Caulfield North Primary School
- in Melbourne, Australia presents tessellations created with
MicroWorlds.
- Central Elementary School
- is in Jenks, Oklahoma, where students display their MicroWorlds
projects.
Going in Circles
- is an active essay by Mitchel Resnick and Brian Silverman. You'll
need a Plug-in for your Web browser in order to see the activity. It's
available for free from LCSI .
Greatest Places
- at the Science Museum of Minnesota is full of games written in
MicroWorlds. You'll need a Plug-in for your Web browser in order to view
them. It's available for free from LCSI .
Hotsource
- offers MicroWorlds ideas and activities.
Yehuda Katz
- has a website where he displays his beautiful recursive turtle
graphics designs and Logo art created by members of Logo-L, the Logo listserve.
Furman Smith,
- of Auburn University Montgomery, has written a SIM game in
MicroWorlds Logo.
St. Julie Billiart School
- sixth graders share their MicroWorlds projects.
Monika Tomcsányiová
- is working on Logo lessons and projects with 10 to 14 year old
children.
Olga Tuzova
- shares a collection of Logo and LEGO projects she has developed with
her students at the International School of General Education in St.
Petersburg. Her students have developed another website with Wise Turtle Stories about spirals, curves, and
fractals. Olga has a third website: Ornaments, Symmetry, Logo
VideoGameWorks
- is where students create their own games using MicroWorlds. You can
download the games or play them while in your Web browser using LCSI's Webplayer plug-in.
Vina Danks Middle School
- students share their LEGO Logo and MicroWorlds projects.
Personal Web pages and other sites with Logo
information and resources:
- Vladimir Batagelj's home page
- from Slovenia includes links to Logo related sites on the Web.
Ron Brasington's Web site
- is devoted to Logo and natural language.
Paul Dench's "A Turtle for the
Teacher"
- is an introduction to Logo. This site also includes a list of Logo
resources.
Jim Fuller
- maintains a page of resources, including robotics interfaces, for
use with MSWLogo.
Rod Hames
- has a website with MicroWorlds projects done by his seventh graders.
Brian Harvey
- offers a dozen of his papers about education and computing and
information about his book, Computer Science Logo Style . You can
also get a copy of UCBLogo here.
Susumu Kanemune
- has a Logo information website with a Japanese home page and an English home
page. The site includes information about Logo products, free
downloads of Logo software, samples of student work, and pointers to
other Logo sources.
Craig Kerwin's website
- from Australia has MicroWorlds and LogoWriter activities.
Bill Kerr's
- website includes animations of fractals created with Logo and
explorations in randomness.
Michael Koss
- offers us an introduction to Logo programming.
Robert
Lawler's Learning and Computing
- is a rich collection of essays and ideas on Logo and related topics
in education, psychology, and artificial intelligence.
Logo links
- compiled in New Zealand may be found here.
Logo Page
- by Don Delaney includes tutorials and a Logo art gallery.
Maths Net
- is a British site that includes math-related Logo activities.
George
Mills
- is the author of MSW Logo. You can download a copy from this
website.
Jim Muller
- is a long-time Logo enthusiast and author of the Turtle Discovery
Book. He was the moderator of Compuserve's Logo Forum for many
years. Now he's got a website. Also check out his book, The
Great Logo Adventure.
Seymour Papert's
- latest book is The Connected Family: Bridging the Digital
Generation Gap. You'll get a discount if you order
it here. The book also has a related website, which
is maintained by MaMaMedia. Also look at MaMaMedia's website for kids.
Matthew
Peterson
- maintains a list of Logo resources on his website.
David Potter's Place
- offers MicroWorlds projects and help.
Don Sleeth
- describes the MicroWorlds projects he and his daughter Nicole have
created.
Chuc Smith
- and family have a website with plenty of ideas for teaching and
learning Logo along with many links to Logo resources.
John St. Clair
- shares the Logo handouts he uses with his students. His site also
points to other sources of Logo information.
Gary Stager
- provides workshop and course information, MicroWorlds activities,
and other Logo resources.
Turtle Tech
- is loaded with Logo resources, including an introductory guide to
MicroWorlds.
Margaret Wiskow
- has a website with many Logo resources and links.
Related websites:
- Berkeley Boxer Project
- Boxer was designed as a successor to Logo. You can find out more
about it and download a free copy of the software for your Macintosh.
LEGO Mindstorms
- is a robotics system developed by LEGO. It includes a programmable
brick based on the research and development work done at the MIT Media
Lab.
ToonTalk
- is an animated programming world for children.
If you find any errors in the information presented above, or if
you know of other websites that should be listed here, please let us know.
Send email to Michael
Tempel.
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