Celebrating 30 Years of Logo
This year Terrapin is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the publication of Terrapin Logo, the first commercially available version of Logo for popular microcomputers. The Journal for Computing Teachers published "30 Years of Logo" by Terrapin president Bill Glass in its recent edition to acknowledge this important milestone.
During the time that Logo has been available, thousands of students have found it to be a valuable and motivational educational tool and a fun way to learn about geometry and math and develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills. To commemorate the anniversary, Terrapin is collecting and publishing reports of Logo experiences from those who have used it over the years. Read about others' encounters with Logo and add your own.
Welcome to the Terrapin web site!
Terrapin Software is one of the oldest and most experienced educational software publishers. Since 1979, Terrapin has offered the Logo computer language and related products that embody the "no floor, no ceiling" learn-by-doing Logo philosophy. These include Terrapin Logo, Bee-Bot and Pro-Bot turtle robots, Crystal Rain Forest adventure game, and Logo books and curriculum. By using Terrapin products, students enhance their problem-solving, critical thinking, mathematics, and programming skills while they are having fun.
Terrapin’s web site offers information about and the opportunity to purchase Terrapin products as well as a wide range of resources to support them. Subscribe to and view current and back issues of the Turtle Talk newsletter. Read customer stories of how they are using Terrapin products. Check out Logo project ideas, get tips and tools for using Terrapin Logo, and find help on the definition, syntax, and examples for any Logo command. Answers to many questions may be found in the Frequently Asked Questions section.
We hope you enjoy exploring Terrapin’s web site. If you don’t find the information you are seeking here, please contact us and we will be happy to help. We look forward to hearing from you!
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas by Seymour Papert is the classic book that makes the case for using computers and Logo as powerful tools to help children learn. Mindstorms reports how children, motivated by their ability to command a computer through Logo, use their capabilities to construct their own knowledge and advance their thinking. Read more...
101 Ideas for Logo
101 Ideas for Logo offers literally 101 Logo project ideas. Ranging across five subject areas and sorted into three levels of difficulty, inspirational ideas abound for every level of Logo experience and skill.
These project ideas reinforce commands and concepts already learned and challenge to learn more and try out new ideas.
