pg wrote:
> I am in the process of setting up computers for a group of children,
> in the age between 7 to 12, who have never operate a PC before, with
> the intention to install educational / entertaining freewares for
> them.
>
> The computers will be Windows 98SE based, with Pentium III or better
> CPU, 256MB of RAM each. Graphic is VGA, mostly S3-powered graphic
> cards.
>
> I am thinking of installing Logo for them, but before I do that, I do
> need to ask the Gurus here for help.
FWIW, I still have fond memories of playing "logo golf" on AppleIIs at
school. Talk about low-tech: the teachers distributed courses as
transparencies which we would tape over the screen. Each FORWARD
counted as a stroke.
Figuring out how to draw "spirograph" pictures was also fun.
And on a couple occasions, the teacher took out to the playground and
made us "play turtle" by physically interpreting basic logo commands
and walking around.
I was going to recommend Scratch.mit.edu; but I see you've already
been there... Sorry to hear about the screen resolution issues.
Its been a while since I used logo... Don't know which version's
best, but www.elica.net looks interesting. Have you found Stager's
page? http://www.stager.org/logo.html
Good luck,
Daniel
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