I.+Control+and+Logo

__** Control and Logo **__ __** ﻿What is control about ? **__ Control is used in our every day lives, we use it to turn on a light switch to use the hoover or to work on a computer. It means a device that we have control over to be able to make it work. To have 'cause and effect'. Within teaching children control we can present them with different resources to programme. They can programme them to carry out sequences, instructions and procedures. For resources we use in my setting are: Roamers, Bee bots, robots or remote control cars. Rather than the hands on experience there are plenty of software programmes children can use within ICT lessons. I have includes some below.

Bee Bot Roamer Lego Mindstorm NTX

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__** What is Logo? **__

Logo is a programming language specifically designed as a thinking tool. The children move from a 'concrete' approach to control to an on-screen simulation. They also move from writing basic sequences of instructions to writing procedures (a list of instructions saved under a name).The programming language used to write the instructions is 'Logo'.. Most programs using Logo feature an on-screen robot or 'turtle'. The children type in instructions to make the turtle move. Logo teaches problem solving, logical thinking and constructive methods and allows the user to interactively create and manipulate mathematical processes. Bibliography [] []