[MWForum]Introducing MW @.0

[Lauren Pacini]

Gary, I am dealing with 4th, 5th and 6th graders.

Lauren

--- Gary McCallister <mccallis@mesastate.edu> wrote:
> 1.  How old are your students?  That makes a big
> difference.  (If they don't know the alphabet they
> can't use the keyboard very well, etc.)  All
> students need to have a few primitives available to
> get started.  Things like fd, bk, pu, pd, rt, lt
> etc. are pretty necessary.  I personaly teach quite
> a few more primitives and give them instructor
> designed projects for awhile before asking them to
> create their own projects.  
> 2.   There is a book from terrapin called 101 Ideas
> for Logo that presents a bunch of graded projects
> that are good to select from.
> 3.  Public school children in about the thrid grade
> do well in MW doing animated story books.
> 
> >>> lrpacini@yahoo.com 08/30/02 12:50PM >>>
> How good it is to see that there is life in turtle
> land! Perhaps now would be a good opportunity to
> repost my prior question... but to open the
> parameters
> a bit.
> 
> I am new to MW and am looking for some basic starter
> project suggestions for grades 4-6. Something that
> will light the imaginative fires of the students as
> well as their teachers.
> 
> What is the best way to present MW as a brand new
> tool. I mentioned that I am in a Montessori school,
> and I suspect that may have been responsible for the
> lack of suggestions, but it is important that MW get
> a
> good launch in order to getpast the skeptics!!
> 
> Suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
> 
> Lauren
> 
> 
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