Eurologo'97 Proceedings


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Organizers:

John von Neumann Computer Society and Eötvös Loránd University Dept. of Informatics Methodology
The whole conference and the proceedings was technically supervised by:

Patron: Prof. Tibor Vámos
Professor, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Honorary President of the John von Neumann Society

Chairman of Eurologo'97: M. Doyle (UK)

Scientific Secretary: M. Turcsányi-Szabó (Hungary)

International Scientific Committee:
A. Atanasiu (Romania), V. Batagelj (Slovenia), E. Calabrese (Italy), S. Close (Ireland), S. Corriea (Portugal), D. Dicheva (Bulgaria), M. Doyle (UK), J. Enkenberg (Finland), K. Farkas (Hungary), G. Futschek (Austria), Y. Give'on (Israel), V. Kaptelinin (Russia), I. Kalas (Slovakia), C. Krantz (Luxemburg), C. Kynigos (Greece), H. Loethe (Germany), E. Neuwirth (Austria), R. Noss (UK), E. Sendova (Bulgaria), J. Sklenar (Malta), J. Suomala (Finland), S. Triantafillou (Greece), M. Turcsányi-Szabó (Hungary), A. Walat (Poland), U. Wittrup (Sweden).

International Program Committee:
M. Doyle (UK), I. Kalas (Slovakia), R. Noss (UK), E. Sendova (Bulgaria), M. Turcsányi-Szabó (Hungary)

Local Organising Committee:
G. Aranyos, B. Nánai (John von Neumann Computer Society), K. Farkas (Szécsényi István Secondary School), T. Könczöl (Ministry of Education), M. Körös-Mikis (National Institute for Public Education), J. Mészáros (Gyöngyösi Elementarty School), M. Turcsányi-Szabó, L. Zsakó (Eötvös Loránd University, Dept. Informatics Methodology)


Contents


Detailed daily program

20th August, Wednesday


A free morning to walk arround in Budapest....

14:00-15:00 R210 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEETING


Marta opening the event as the "mother of Eurologo'97"

R135 OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Chair: Mícheál Ó Dúill


Wally honouring Eurologo as the "father" of Logo

15:00-16:20 OPENING ADRESSES
Prof. Tibor Vámos (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Dr. Péter Racskó (Hungarian Ministry of Education)
Wallace Feurzeig (BBN Systems and Technologies)
  16:20-16:40 COFFEE BREAK


Celia and Richard clashing over cultures...

16:40-18:10 OPENING LECTURE
Prof. Celia Hoyles & Prof. Richard Noss (UK)
Clashing Cultures
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  18:10-18:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS
18:45-20:00   FREE TIME
WELCOME PARTY
This was a great chance to meet friends - old and new - and was held in the conference building in the form of a buffet reception. From the building delegates could enjoy a colourful, live 3D multiple Turtle microworld closing our National Day events.
 

 

21st August, Thursday

9:00-12:20 R135 PLENARY SESSION:
Chair: Dr. Brian Harvey


Andy giving his reasons...

9:00-10:00 Prof. Andrea A. diSessa (USA)
20 Reasons Why You Should Use BOXER (instead of Logo)
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  10:00-10:20 COFFEE BREAK


Jenny and Bojidar within the knowledge domain...

10:20-11:20 Prof. Bojidar Sendov & Evgenia Sendova (Bulgaria)
Tuning a Logo-like Environment to a Knowledge Domain
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Ivan and Andrej reminding us on data structures...

11:20-12:20 Dr. Ivan Kalas & Dr. Andrej Blaho (Slovakia)
I Beg Your Pardon Turtles: Don't Forget About Data Structures
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12:20-14:00   LUNCH BREAK
14:00-15:55   PAPER SESSIONS (P1A-P4A, P1B-P4B, P1C-P4C)
15:55-16:10   COFFEE BREAK
16:10-18:00   PAPER SESSIONS (P5A-P8A, P5B-P8B, P5C-P8C)
18:00-19:00   DISCUSSIONS
14:00-15:55 R135 PAPER SESSION (P1A-P4A)
Mathematics - Science education I.
Chair: Prof. Vladimir Batagelj
  14:00-14:25 Wallace Feurzeig (USA)
Programming in Two Dimensions
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  14:30-14:55 Dr. Chronis Kynigos (Greece)
Dynamic Representations of Angle with a Logo-based Variation Tool: a Case Study
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  15:00-15:25 Kirill Alexandrov, Dr. Sergei Soprunov (Russia)
One Approach to Mechanic Simulations in Logo
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  15:30-15:55 Gabriela Gonzalez A., Marina Kriscautzky L., Patricia Martinez F. (Mexico)
LOGO: a Mathematical Message
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16:10-18:00 R135 PAPER SESSION (P5A-P8A)
Mathematics - Science education II.
Chair: Prof. Richard Noss
  16:10-16:35 Dr. Anthony Jones (Australia)
Increasing Confidence in Mathematics Ability Through Logo and Collaborative Learning
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  16:40-17:05 Dr. John Close, Dr. Darina Dicheva (Ireland-Bulgaria)
Misconceptions in Recursion: Diagnostic Teaching
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  17:10-17:35 Alexandra Youdina (Russia)
Research Project in Logo for High School Students (ages 14-16)
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  17:40-18:00 Mészáros Judit, Zsakó László (Magyar tanárok részére) in Hungarian
A Logo és a Nemzeti Alaptanterv
14:00-15:55 R337 PAPER SESSION (P1B-P4B)
Software development I.
Chair: Dr. Ivan Kalas
  14:00-14:25 Pavel Petrovic (Slovakia)
Design and Play in Comenius Logo: A Microworld for Designing and Exploring Games
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  14:30-14:55 Dr. Yannis Kotsanis, Stathis Triantafillou (Greece)
Space - Book - Screen: Exploring Developmental Microworlds
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  15:00-15:25 Dr. Andrej Blaho, Dr. Ivan Kalas (Slovakia)
Designing Educational Environments. Quicksand for Developers?
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  15:30-15:55 Dr. Peter Tomcsányi (Slovakia)
Multimedia in Comenius Logo - an Example CD Player
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16:10-18:00 R337 PAPER SESSION (P5B-P8B)
Software development II.
Chair: Dr. Chronis Kynigos
  16:10-16:35 Dr. Eric Neumann, Wallace Feurzeig, Peter Garik, Dr. Allan Collins (USA)
Object-Object Transformation Language and its Application to Games for Learning Computational Science Modelling
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  16:40-17:05 Kirill Alexandrov, Dr. Sergei Soprunov, Elena Yakovleva (Russia)
Logo for the Illiterate Programmers
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  17:10-17:35 Stathis Triantafillou, Vasilis Ekonomou, Dr. Yannis Kotsanis, Sophia Eoukouvinou, Stefanos Spaneas (Greece)
Exploratory Multimedia Software for Assistive Technology
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  17:40-18:00 Manolis Koutlis, Chronis Kynigos, Aggeliki Oikonomou, George Tsironis (Greece)
Empowering Logo Through a Component-Oriented Approach
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14:00-15:55 R635 PAPER SESSION (P1C-P4C)
Curriculum I.
Chair: Prof. Celia Hoyles
  14:00-14:25 Dr. Valentina Dagiene (Lithuania)
Problems of Teaching Logo as a Part of Informatics
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  14:30-14:55 Dr. Darina Dicheva, Dr. Roumen Nikolov, Evgenia Sendova (Bulgaria)
School Informatics in Logo Style: a Textbook Facing the new Challenges of the Bulgarian Informatics Curriculum
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  15:00-15:25 Iliana Nicolova (Bulgaria)
Towards VALUE - a Virtual Almanac for Logo Users and Educators
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  15:30-15:55 Dr. Márta Kőrös-Mikis (Hungary)
Logo: This Side the Curricula and Beyond
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16:10-18:00 R635 PAPER SESSION (P5C-P8C)
Curriculum II.
Chair: Dr. Andrzej Walat
  16:10-16:35 Lena Papathomaidi, Vassilis Ekonomou, George Bariamis (Greece)
Mathematics Software Development by Students for Students
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  16:40-17:05 Dr. Peter Tomcsányi, Monika Tomcsányiová(Slovakia)
Experimental IT Education for Lower Secondary School Using Windows and Comenius Logo
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  17:10-17:35 Márta Turcsányi-Szabó (Hungary)
Designing Logo Pedagogy for Elementary Education
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  17:40-18:00 Márta Turcsányi-Szabó (Hungary)
Approaching Arts Through Logo
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22nd August, Friday

9:00-10:20 R135 PLENARY SESSION:
Chair: Prof. Andrea A. diSessa
9:00-9:40 Dr. Brian Harvey (USA)
Reasoning with Computers
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  9:40-10:20 Dr. José Armando Valente (Brazil)
Contextualizing Continuous Education in Logo via Internet
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10:20-10:35   COFFEE BREAK
10:35-12:00   PAPER SESSIONS (P10A-P12A, P10B-P12B, P10C-P12C)
12:00-14:00   LUNCH BREAK
14:00 -22:00   EXCURSION WITH DINNER
A half-day trip at Budapest and along the River Danube including a visit to historic towns. Szentendre is a unique artists' town with its cobble stoned squares, picturesque old streets and 18th century town houses, including the famous Margit Kovács Ceramics Museum. Visiting the formal royal residence at Visegrád, we concluded the trip with a Hungarian style dinner.

A relaxing afternoon...

10:35-12:00 R135 PAPER SESSION (P10A-P12A)
Learning process.
Chair: Dr. José Armando Valente
  10:35-11:00 Prof. Ronald G. Ragsdale, (USA)
Home learning: IT and the Learning Process
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  11:05-11:30 Mícheál Ó Dúill (UK)
Rethinking the School Curriculum for a Computer Animated Medium
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  11:35-12:00 Dr. Ripper, Afira (Brazil)
The Instrument and the Other in the Construction of Knowledge - Study of a Logo-based Learning Environment.
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10:35-12:00 R337 PAPER SESSION (P10B-P12B)
Combinations
Chair: Márta Turcsányi-Szabó
  10:35-11:00 Prof. Vladimir Batagelj (Slovenia)
Logo to Postscript
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  11:05-11:30 Prof. Vladimir Batagelj (Slovenia)
Drawing Space-filling Curves in Logo
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  11:35-12:00 Dr. Andrzej Walat (Poland)
MATH + ART&DESIGN + ? = LOGO
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10:35-12:00 R635 PAPER SESSION (P10C-P12C)
Logo-Lego / Functional Approach
Chair: Dr. Károly Farkas
  10:35-11:00 Prof. Gerald Futschek (Austria)
Design Considerations for Larger Lego-Logo Programs and their Use in Beginner's Programming Learning
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  11:05-11:30 Dr. Uzi Armon (Israel)
Cooperative Parent-Child Learning in a LEGO-Logo Environment
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  11:35-12:00 Dr. Uzi Armon (Israel)
An Algorithm that Translates Intrinsic Equations of Curves into Intrinsic Procedures of these Curves
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23th August, Saturday

9:00-12:05 SESSIONS AT EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY, INFORMATICS DEPT. GROUP
address: Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6-8. in the main building, located at ASTORIA subway station.
(W1A-W2A, W1B-W2B, W1C-W3C, W1D-W3D, Post1-Post8, D1-D8, Exhibition)
12:05-13:40   LUNCH BREAK
13:40-15:35 R702 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION:
Chair: Mícheál Ó Dúill
13:40-14:10   Stathis Triantafillou, Julian Pixton, Kees Callenbach, Dr. Ivan Kalas, Márta Turcsányi-Szabó, Prof. Panayotis Pintelas, Iliana Nikolova
MATCh: a Multimedia Authoring environmenT for Children
(an INCO-COPERNICUS European Community Program)

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14:10-15:10   PANEL DISCUSSION
15:10-15:20   ANNOUNCEMENTS
15:20-15:35   CLOSING ADDRESS
15:35-16:30 R210 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEETING
9:00-11:45 Poster Room POSTER SESSION (POST1-POST8)
Chair: Eszter Zubovics
Posters can be seen during the morning session, when you can consult with presenters throughout. Presentations are scheduled as follows:
  9:00-9:20 Beverley Crane (Australia)
Multi Media & Microworlds in Teaching the Humanities
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  9:25-9:40 Prof. Margaret James, Phillip Kent, Phil Ramsden (UK)
`TangentField': A Tool for `Webbing' the Learning of Differential Equation
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  9:45-10:00 Xenia Siouti, Evi Trouki, Giorgos Psycharis (Greece)
Mathematical Microworlds with a Variation Tool in a Component Logo Environment
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  10:10-10:25 Zoran Putnik, Dr. Zoran Budlmac (Yugoslavia)
Bringing LOGO to the World of Purely Functional Programming
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  10:30-10:45 Anna Medve (Hungary)
Logo Elements of Methodology to Develop Structured Programming Terminology
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  10:50-11:05 Dr. Károly Farkas (Hungary)
Permenant Motivation in Logo
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  11:10-11:25 Dr. Károly Farkas (Hungary)
Playful Informatics and Eurologo
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  11:30-11:45 Gladys A. Bravo Verdugo(Chile)
“The Environment Contamination" Simulated by Microworlds
9:00-12:05 Demo Room DEMONSTRATION SESSION (D1-D8)
Chair: Secundino Correia
  9:00-9:30 Prof. Eduardo de Antueno, Carlos Grant, Ignacio Luppi (Argentina)
A New Latin American Logo Version
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  9:35-10:00 John Forman (Brazil)
Demonstration of Multilogo for Windows
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  10:10-10:25 Diliana Miteva (Bulgaria)
Logo as Theatre
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  10:30-10:45 George Tsironis (Greece)
Embedding Logo in Component-Oriented Worlds for Exploratory Learning
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  10:50-11:05 Ivailo Ivanov (Bulgaria)
Top-down And Bottom-up Along The Christmas Tree
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  11:10-11:25 Norma Ethel Beccerica de Cabana (Argentina)
Drawing with the Turtle Program Specially Designed for Students Who Have Not Yet Acquired Reading and Speaking Skills
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  11:30-11:45 Dorina Fehér (Hungary)
A 3D Microworld in Comenius Logo
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  11:50-12:05 Gábor Kis (Hungary)
VISUAL, an Open Environment for Visual Modelling
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9:00-12:05 BIG Lab, WORKSHOP SESSION (W1A-W2A)
Chair: Tünde Madarász
  9:00-10:30 Free look at programs
  10:35-12:05 Dr. Brian Harvey (USA)
(for children age 14-18 and educators)
Reasoning with Computers
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9:00-12:05 1. lab, WORKSHOP SESSION (W1B-W2B)
Chair: Dr. Peter Tomcsányi
  9:00-10:30 Prof. Gerald Futschek, Leopold Berger (Austria)
(for children age 12 - 14 and teachers)
Lego-Logo Workshop
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  10:35-12:05 Dr. Thomas Hecht (Slovakia)
LEGO DACTA: A Way to Learn Programming in a Logo-like Language
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9:00-12:05 2. lab, WORKSHOP SESSION (W1C-W3C)
Chair: Márta Turcsányi-Szabó
  9:00-10:00 Judit Mészáros (Hungary)
Logo for the Therapy of Children's Everyday Problems
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  10:10-11:10 Lajos Kovács (Hungary)
World in /e/motion
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  11:10-12:05 Gabriela Gonzalez A., Marina Kriscautzky L., Patricia Martinez F. (Mexico)
(for deaf children)
Working with LOGO for Deaf Children
9:00-12:05 3. Lab, WORKSHOP SESSION (W1D-W3D)
Chair: Lilla Kerényi
  9:00-10:00 Prof. Bojidar Sendov (Bulgaria)
No threshold, no Ceiling in GEOMLAND
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  10:10-11:10 Dalit Levy (Israel)
(for teachers)
Classification, Discussion, Recursion: Helping the Development of Computer-Science Concepts
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Moments of involvement at the workshops...


Short Summary of participants

85 participant attended from 26 countries (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Island, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, USA, and Yugoslavia) and 40 from Hungary.

The workshops were not only attended by participants, but by 70 students from different countries (Hroatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia) of varying age groups and abilities (from elementary 1st graders to university students, including some elementary students from the school of the deaf).

From the about 90 submitted papers 66 were accepted by the international scientific committee as papers posters, demonstrations and workshops.

Lectures not presented

    Silvia Branco Vidal Bustamente (Brazil)
Exploring alternate strategies to build trigonometric concepts in Logo
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    Paolo Passaro (Italy)
Turtlematic: A functional approach to aritmetics
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    Evgeny D. Patarakin (Russia)
"Turtle on the web"
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    Yehoshafat Shafee Give'on (Israel)
The cultural reason for using Logo as a programming language for learning, based on a proper redefinition for the concept of modern literacy
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    Erich Neuwirth
Logo at the movies or gif animation the easy way
    Silvia Branco Vidal Bustamente (Brazil)
The virtual time machine project
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There was a small exhibition in front of the plenary hall throughout the conference held by the following exhibitors:

There was also be a small exhibition on “The history of Logo in Hungary" that could be seen on the morning of the 23rd at Eötvös Loránd University's Exhibition room.

Works submitted for the Cartoon Competition could also be seen at Eötvös Loránd University's Exhibition room.

 

It was very hot, but hopefully worth to attend...



If You can contribute with some more pictures, let us know: eurologo97@ludens.elte.hu



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