Date: 4 November 1981 21:46-EST
From: Patrick G. Sobalvarro <PGS at MIT-AI>
Subject: Kiddy Comp
To: Ben.Brosgol at CMU-10A
Via:     MIT-AI; 4 Nov 1981 2226-EST

If the elementary school in question is interested in using Logo, I
would sugggest either a TI 99/4 with TILogo, or an Apple II with 48K,
a disk drive, and an Apple Language card. This would make it possible
for them to run MIT Apple Logo, which is about to reach the market
after about a year of debugging at test sites (including a lot of
elementary schools).

If you don't know about Logo and its use with kids, I'd suggest
reading "Mindstorms", by Seymour Papert (director of the MIT Logo
Group, and former co-director of the MIT AI Lab). Logo is the most
powerful interpretive computer language available on the Apple (or the
TI 99/4), and it was designed with use in education in mind. Show it
to the PTA. I think you would open some minds to a neat philosophy of
education.

Still more information can be gotten from Debbie Tatar (who is
secretary of the MIT Logo Group). Her net address is TATAR@MIT-AI; her
MIT address is
               Logo Group
               MIT Rm. 20C-109
               Cambridge, Mass. 02139
               (617) 253-7860

A good, cheap computer dealer in Cambridge is Harvest Computer. They
have the best prices, and a good service department. They are also
smart people, which makes them different from just about any other
small computer dealer in the Boston area.

Hope you find this helpful.

-pgs