EUROLOGO 2001- A Turtle Odyssey
8th European Logo Conference
Linz / Austria, 21-25 August 2001
NEW!!!
Conference venue, travel and hotel information
Final Program and Call for Participation
Conference Chairs
Evgenia Sendova (Bulgaria) and Erich Neuwirth (Austria)
Scope of the conference
EUROLOGO is a biannual scientific international conference that addresses all scientists, developers and educators that develop, use or study all kinds of Logo or Logo-based software. Furthermore also investigations of other exploratory computational environments, classroom applications of Logo philosophy and other innovative educational research and practices that are in touch with the Logo approach are covered.
EUROLOGO 2001 is held in Linz, Austria from 21-25 August 2001. The conference carries on the work of the previous ones in Dublin (1987), Gent (1989), Parma (1991), Anavissos (1993), Birmingham (1995), Budapest (1997) and Sofia (1999).
Conference Topics
Learning with Logo: Cognitive, cultural and cross-cultural aspects
Learning by exploring, communication and collaboration
Methodology and curriculum design
Classroom practices
Pedagogical and psychological issues
Teacher education
Children with special needs
Software environments and tools
Mental models of computation
Robotics with Logo: connecting mind and physical reality
Implementing Logo philosophy with other software
Logo in the Information Society
Logo and global communication
Challenges of the Internet
Conference Outline
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Morning sessions |
Afternoon sessions |
Evening |
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Tuesday August 21 |
Tutorials, Registration |
Tutorials, Registration |
Welcome Cocktail |
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Wednesday August 22 |
Keynote, Plenaries |
Paper presentations |
Conference Reception |
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Thursday August 23 |
Keynote, Plenary and Discussion sessions |
Conference Excursion |
Conference Dinner |
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Friday August 24 |
Keynotes, Plenaries |
Paper presentations Demonstrations |
Conference Closing, Welfare |
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Saturday August 25 |
Unofficial Programs |
Conference language
English
Detailed conference program
8:30 – 17:00 Registration
10:00 – 13:00 Morning Tutorials
T1 Uri Wilensky NetLogo: Modeling with a Massively Parallel Logo
T3 Brian Harvey Advanced Logo Beyond the Turtle
T5 Zsuzsa Pluhár Lego-Logo
Details see Tutorial Program
15:00 – 18:00 Afternoon Tutorials
T2 Ken Kahn ToonTalk
T4 Ivan Kalas, Andrej Blaho, L. Salanci, P. Tomcsanyi, M. Tomcsanyiova Imagine: A Powerful Tool for Creative Learning
T6 Márta Turcsányi-Szabó Developing Educational Microworlds using SuperLogo (Comenius Logo)
Details see Tutorial Program
Evening Welcome Cocktail
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome Addresses
9:00 – 10:30 K1 Keynote and Plenary - Implementations I
Ken Kahn: ToonTalk and Logo. Is ToonTalk a Colleague, Competitor, Successor, Sibling or Child of Logo?
Andrej Blaho, Ivan Kalas: Object Metaphore Helps Create Simple Logo Projects
11:00 – 12:30 K2 Plenaries – Different Implementations II
Lubimor Salanci: Networking in Logo
Chronis Kynigos: E-slate Logo as a Basis for Constructing Microworlds with Mathematics Teachers
14:00 – 15:30 P1 Classroom Experiences – Primary Education
Anthony Jones: Primary School Students Using MicroWorlds: Turtles, Multimedia and Learning
Monika Tomcsányiová: Cloning in Logo
Károly Farkas, Ildikó Tasnádi, Éva Törtely: Logo from the Kindergarten to the University Level
14:00 – 15:30 P2 Robots and Lego-Logo
Irina Kouznetsova, Sophia Gorlitskaya, Victor Sidorov: LOGO&LEGO – A Single Learning Environment for Children with Different Backgrounds
Wlodzimierz Gajda: The System of Networked, Mechanical Logo Turtles
Erich Neuwirth: Robots: Designing and Implementing a Simple Software Interface (combining fischertechnik and MSWLogo)
16:00 – 17:30 P3 Classroom Experiences – Secondary Education
Chronis Kynigos, George Psicharis: Meanings on the Notion of Curvature Generated with a Medium for Dynamic Manipulation and Symbolic Expression
Alexandra Yudina: Informatics in Logo for High School
Karl Fuchs: Logical Functions and Proving Theorems with 15-Years old Students. Elementary Logic with Value-Tables
16:00 – 17:30 P4 Special Needs and Philosophy
Ivailo Ivanov, Temenujka Zafirova, Nina Jordanova: On Mice and Handicapped Children
Nina Gouskova, Tatiana Gerasimova: Application of LOGO-Environment for Supplementary Education of Problem Children
Michael Ó Dúill: Logo-like and Inarticulate Intelligence
Evening Conference Reception
8:30 – 10:30 K3 Keynote and Plenary – The Dark and Bright Side of ICT
Brian Harvey: Harmful to Children? The Alliance for Childhood Report
Evgenia Sendova: Modelling Creative Processes in Abstract Art and Music
11:00 – 12:30 K4 Plenary Discussion - Can Logo be Harmful to Children? How Logo is Helpful to Children?
Panel: Brian Harvey, Evgenia Sendova, Ken
Kahn, Paul Nicholson
Moderation: Erich Neuwirth
Afternoon Conference Excursion
Evening Conference Dinner
8:30 – 10:30 K5 Keynotes – Teaching Methodology
Paul Nicholson: Teachers, Turtles, and Gravity
Uri Wilensky: Modeling Nature’s Emergent Patterns with Multi-agent Languages
11:00 – 12:30 K6 Plenary Session - Didactics
Márta Turcsányi-Szabó: Why S.O.M.E. Logo Environments are Suitable for Broader Educational Purposes?
Márta Turcsányi-Szabó, Zsuzsa Pluhár, Erich Neuwirth: Extending the Boundaries of Teacher Education with Co-didactics
14:00 – 15:30 P7 Logo Implementations and Logo Programming
Matjaz Zaversnik, Vladimir Batagelj: MSWLogo and dynamic link libraries
Michele Moro: JxLogo: A new Integrated Java-based Programming Environment for Logo
Peter Tomcsanyi: Using Speech Input and Output in Logo Programming
Vladimir Batagelj: Logo to SVG
14:00 – 15:30 D1 Demonstrations
Sietse Kuipers: A Demonstration of 'Forward 100'
A. Ganichev, S. Soprunov: Logo for the Preliterate Programmers
Ivailo Ivanov, Temenujka Zafirova, Nina Jordanova: Special Games for Handicapped Children to get Control on the Mouse
16:00 – 17:30 P6 Methodology and Curriculum Design
Ana Isabel Sacristán, Sonia Ursini: Incorporating Technologies to the Mexican School Culture: The EMAT Project and its Logo Extension
Valentina Dagiene: Algorithmic Thinking: What Set of Logo Constructions Should be Used to Develop it?
Márta Körös-Mikis: Defining Innovative Practice by LOGO-Educators
16:00 – 17:30 P5 Environments for Learning and Teacher Education
Erich Neuwirth: Turtle Ballet: Simulating Parallel Turtles in a Nonparallel LOGO Version
Tiago Correia, Secundino Correia: The Pathways Microworld or The Magic Forest
Vesela Ilieva, Ivailo Ivanov: My First Computer Software
17:30 – 18:00 Official Closing
Evening Farewell, Best Presentation Award
Unofficial programs
Post Conference Meetings
Logo Picnic after breakfast for all
Discussions, etc.
Conference venue
Linz is a small town at the side of the Danube not more than two hours away from Vienna. As one of the main cities of Austria, Linz is a center of education, industry and commerce. Tradition and New Technologies meet in Linz (www.anto.com/linz.html).
The conference will take place at the campus of the "Paedagogische Akademie der Dioezese Linz - Teacher Training College" that is situated at the slope of one of the smaller hills of Linz. The College provides excellent conference facilities and a student house for accommodation at reasonable costs.
Housing information
There are 2 categories of accommodation facilities nearby the conference site available and one very simple and cheap facility is situated directly at the campus.
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Category |
distance to conference |
rooms |
approx. price per day and person |
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A Hotel |
10 Min by public bus |
good 3 star hotel standard, single or double rooms |
50 to 75 Euro plus breakfast (10 Euro) |
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B Hostel |
5 Min walk |
simple and small, but clean and functional single, double or quadruple rooms with WC and shower |
20 to 30 Euro breakfast included |
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C Student house |
at the campus |
single bed only, shared WC and showers outside of the rooms |
15 Euro breakfast not included |
Registration fees
Regular fee 320 Euro (ATS 4400)
Reduced fee 290 Euro (ATS 3990)
Accompanying person 120 Euro (ATS 1650)
Tutorials only 80 Euro (ATS 1100)
Reduced fee for early registration (until June 15, 2001), teachers, students and OCG members.
The conference fee includes the conference proceedings, the conference participation, coffee, lunches and official social conference events. The fee for accompanying persons includes the meals and participation in all official social events.
The registration fees are payable in such a way that the full fee receives at the conference account.
Account No: 2601839, BLZ 34000
Education Highway, "Eurologo 2001"
Name of Bank: Raiffeisen Landesbank Ooe, Raiffeisenplatz 1, 4020 Linz, AUSTRIA
Credit Cards: VISA, Mastercard with name of owner, card no, valid thru, signature
Social Events
Welcome Cocktail, Conference dinner, conference excursion, conference reception
International Scientific Committee
M. Alberti (Italy), A. Anov (Denmark), J. M. Arias (Spain), A. Atanasiu (Romania), V. Batagelj (Slovenia), J. S. Close (Ireland), S. Correia (Portugal), V. Dagiene (Lithuania), D. Dicheva (Bulgaria), J. Enkenberg (Finland), K. Farkas (Hungary), G. Futschek (Austria), M. L. Giovannini (Italy), Matjaž Zaveršnik (Slovenia), J. Gurtner (Switzerland), K. R. Johnson (UK), I. Kalas (Slovakia), V. Kaptelinin (Russia), C. Krantz (Luxembourg), C. Kynigos (Greece), H. Loethe (Germany), V. Midoro (Italy), E. Neuwirth (Austria), R. Noss (UK), M. Doyle (UK), Consolato Pellegrino (Italy), H. Pinxteren (Netherlands), A. Plebe (Italy), G. Reuteler (Liechtenstein), G. Schuyten (Belgium), E. Sendova (Bulgaria), Y. S. Give'on (Israel), J. Sklenar (Malta), S. Soprunov (Russia), J. Suomala (Finland), S. Triantafillou (Greece), M. Turcsányi-Szabó (Hungary), A. Walat (Poland), U. Wittrup (Sweden)
Program Committee
Chairs: Márta Turcsányi-Szabó (Hungary) and Gerald Futschek (Austria)
Vladimir Batagelj (Slovenia), Secundino Correia (Portugal), Darina Dicheva (USA), Ivan Kalaš (Slovak Rep.), Chronis Kynigos (Greece), Herbert Loethe (Germany), Erich Neuwirth (Austria), Iliana Nikolova (Bulgaria), Richard Noss (UK), Sergei Soprunov (Russia), Andrzej Walat (Poland)
Organizing Organizations
Paedagogische Akademie der Dioezese Linz, IST
OCG – Austrian Computer Society
in cooperation with
Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology
Working Group Computer Supported Didactics, University of Vienna
Conference Address
Paedagogische Akademie der Dioezese Linz
Salesianumweg 3
A-4020 Linz
AUSTRIA
Contact address and persons
eurologo2001@sunsite.univie.ac.at
(Gerald Futschek, Anton Knierzinger and Erich Neuwirth)
Local Organization
Anton Knierzinger
Paedagogische Akademie der Dioezese Linz
Registration and Accommodation
Elisabeth Degenhart (Education Highway)
Salesianumweg 3
A-4020 Linz
AUSTRIA
Looking forward to welcoming you at the EUROLOGO 2001!