Summary
Digital photograph of Odetta Moore (née) Webb working on programmable LEGO at the Sunrise School at Melbourne Museum. To the right of the screen is a small traffic light constructed from LEGO, the excercise was to program the lights for traffic and pedestrians. Photograph was taken by Museum of Victoria photographer Frank Coffa.
Odetta was 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.
Description of Content
Student working on programmable Lego.
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Childhood, Information & Communication, Museum History, Social Spaces & Youth
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Person Depicted
Odetta Moore (Nee Webb) - Princess Hill Secondary College, 1989
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Individuals Identified
Moore, Odetta
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Format
Digital file
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Keywords
Computing, Educational Technology, Educational Materials, Teaching Aids, Museums, Students, Classrooms, Computer Accessories, Computer Programming
