Summary
Digital photograph of Melanie Hau using Logo programming language on an Apple IIE at the Sunrise School at Melbourne Museum. Photograph was taken by Museum of Victoria photographer Frank Coffa.
This is one of the students from Princes Hill Secondary College selected to participate in the exploratory computing classroom which ran from 1988-1989. This digital image forms part of the Sunrise Collection which includes educational robots, software and multimedia recordings of teachers and students exploring new possibilities with computer programming. 'Computational thinking' in a constructionist environment was emerging in Victoria throughout the 1980s and 90s.
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Girl with long dark hair and black jumper sitting at computer
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Images & Image Making, Childhood, Information & Communication, Museum History, Social Spaces & Youth
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Digital file
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Computing, Educational Technology, Educational Materials, Teaching Aids, Museums, Students, Classrooms, Computer Accessories, Computer Programming