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title: "LOGO as an Information Prosthetic for Communication and Control"
authors:
  - "Sylvia Weir"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/185"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/0185.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1981
pages: "970-973"
track: "Computer Aided Instruction"
keywords:
---

# LOGO as an Information Prosthetic for Communication and Control

Sylvia Weir

*Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 970-973.

## Abstract

When u~ed with physically handicapped and learning di~abled children, computer·b~ed LOGO activ ities can serve diagno~tic and therapeutic purposes, as well a.< provide insights into theories of knowledge repre~entation and cognitive functionina in general. The impact of LOGO nows from the active role taken by the Mudent~ in initiating and controlling their activities; from the ~pecifically spatial geometric emphasis of the!oe activitie~: from the ready availability of problem-~lution patfor scrutiny by the. ~tudent and by the teacher; and from the prosthetic value of the computer in providing a means for the upres~ion of otherwise trapped intellisence in this population.