In the mid 1960's Seymour Papert came to the United States where he co-founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory with M. Minsky. Logo, a computer programing language designed for use by learners,  was originally developed by Paupert, Daniel Bobrow and Wallace Feurzeig. The Logo language is designed to be accessible to novices yet complex enough for sophisticated users. Although it was developed in 1967, widespread use did not occur until the advent of the personal computer during the late 1970's. In 1980 two pilot programs were started using robot floor turtles. Children typed commands such as FORWARD 20 to make the robot  move forward 20 steps. In 1980, Papert published Mindstorms which excited teachers around the world and, in turn, fueled the Logo boom of the early 1980's.Later the turtle moved to the screen which was much cheaper and faster. The development of Logo is significant because it teaches problem solving, logical thinking, constructive methods and allows the user to interactively create and manipulate mathematical processes. Another exciting development of the mid-1980's was the development of LEGO Logo. This system interfaced logo with motors, lights, etc. which were incorporated into machines made out of LEGO bricks.

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Logo Foundation- A good place to find basic information about Logo. Also has an extensive list of links to other Logo sites.
A Turtle for the Teacher- A great site for teachers and parents who do not have a working knowledge of Logo but would like to use it with their children.
Logo- Site that encourages exploration of Logo programming.
Logo Computer Systems, Inc.- Website of the company that developed Apple Logo and other versions of Logo.

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This was an exciting year for educators and students alike. The Logo programming language, which was considered old and out of date in the early 1990's, has once again emerged as a pioneer in the programming language for children. When Logo was piloted by the Lamplighter School in Dallas, Texas in 1980, the children programmed robotics turtles to move around on the floor, quite a development in the world of technology. Now, forty years later, the Lamplighter School has done it again. Today in a press release it described its latest pilot program using Logo. The students have programmed a robot to be their teacher's aide. This robot is capable of monitoring the students which has become essential due to the teacher shortage. This will allow the school to pay fewer teachers better. The robot is a very important part of our current education system. Teacher's aides have been hard to come by because they are primarily used to monitor student behavior while the teacher teaches from another location via the internet. This will allow all students to have a wonderful, well paid teacher instead of spending money on teacher's aides. Parents can take comfort in the fact that the robots really do have eyes in the back of their heads. They also have been programmed to record all the noises in the classroom. For this reason there will no longer be the battles of he said, she said. The program was developed by students in the programming class. The program was enhanced by a team of programmers who were students during the original pilot program in 1980. This means that the students will not be able to re-program their classroom robot. If this program works, the students plan to sell the program to other schools world wide.

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