This is a list of articles that I have compiled over the past year. If you know of other articles please email them to me.

Bourgoin, Mario. ``Using LEGO Robots to Explore Dynamics.'' Master's thesis, MIT Media Laboratory. Describes new programming language specifically developed to help kids think about dynamics when working with small LEGO robots.

Capozzoli, P. and C.B. Rogers, LEGOs and Aeronautics in Kindergarten Through College, AIAA 96-2245, 1996.

Cyr, M., Rogers, C. Enhancing Education with LEGO Bricks and Paperclips. Proceedings of FEDSM 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. June 21-25, Washington D.C.

Cyr, M., Miragila, V., Nocera, T., Rogers, C. A Low-Cost, Innovative Methodology for Teaching Engineering Through Experimentation. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2

Cyr, Martha, Rogers, Chris. Enhancing Education with LEGO Bricks and Paperclips, FEDSM98- 5137,Proceedings of FEDSM’98 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 21- 25, 1998, Washington, DC.

Cyr,Martha , Miragila, V., Nocera, Rogers, Chris, A Low- Cost, Innovative Methodology for Teaching Engineering Through Experimentation, J. of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 167- 171, 1997.

Erwin, Benjamin, et. al. Middle School Engineering with LEGO and LabVIEW. Proceedings of National Instruments Week August 1998, Austin, TX, Education Category.

Erwin, B. Systems Engineering and K-12 Education: A New Perspective. presented at the 1998 ASEE National Convention in Seattle, WA.

Granott, Nira. ``Microdevelopment of Co-Construction of Knowledge During Problem Solving: Puzzled Minds, Weird Creatures, and Wuggles.'' PhD thesis, MIT Media Laboratory. Analysis of thinking processes of adults trying to understand the behaviors of small LEGO robots.

Hogg, D., Martin, F., and Resnick, M. (1991). Braitenberg Creatures. Epistemology and Learning Memo 13, MIT Media Lab.

Jim Gindling, Andri Ioannidou, Jennifer Loh, Olav Lokkebo, Alexander Repenning LEGOsheets: A Rule-Based Programming, Simulation and Manipulation Environment for the LEGO Programmable Brick. Proceeding of Visual Languages, Darmstadt, Germany, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995, pp. 172-179.

Kafai, Y., and Resnick, M., eds. (1996). Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Martin, Fred, and Resnick, Mitchel. ``LEGO/Logo and Electronic Bricks: Creating a Scienceland for Children.'' In {\em Advanced Educational Technologies for Mathematics and Science}, edited by David L. Ferguson, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1993. Describes LEGO/Logo work circa 1990.

Martin, Fred. ``Building Robots to Learn Design and Engineering.'' In {\em Proceedings of the 1992 Frontiers in Education Conference}, edited by Lawrence P. Grayson, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, November 1992. Describes the MIT LEGO Robot Design Competition project.

Martin, Fred. The Art of LEGO Design. The Robotics Practitioner: The Journal for Robot Builders, volume 1, number 2, Spring 1995.

Martin, Fred. ``Children, Cybernetics and Programmable Turtles.'' Master's Thesis, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Describes work with fifth-grade children using an early version of the Programmable Brick technology.

Martin, Fred. "Circuits to Control: Learning Engineering by Designing LEGO Robots." Doctoral Thesis, MIT Media Laboratory. Genesis and analysis of the MIT LEGO Robot Design Competition, an intensive month-long robot design course for MIT undergraduates based on Brick-like technology. (1994)

Martin, Fred. "Ideal and Real Systems: A Study of Notions of Control in Undergraduates Who Design Robots." In Constructionism In Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World, edited by Y. Kafai and M. Resnick. Lawrence Erlbaum. Adaptation of one chapter from 1994 dissertation ``Circuits to Control.'' 1996

Martin, Fred. Kids Learning Engineering Science Using LEGO and the Programmable Brick. AERA 1996 Annual Meeting, April 8-12, New York, NY

Papert, Seymour, and Solomon, Cynthia. ``Twenty Things to Do with a Computer.'' Short, visionary memo suggesting twenty different project activities kids could do on computers were they ubiquitous. This was written in the TeleType days but describes projects that are yet to be fully exploited. Many of the projects are prescient of LEGO/Logo and the Programmable Brick. (1971)

Papert, Seymour. A Critique of Technocentrism in Thinking About the School of the Future. Espitemology and Learning Group Memo No. 2. MIT Media Laboratory: Cambridge, MA.

Papert, Seymour. (1992) The Children's Machine. (excerpts) New York: Basic Books. pp. 116-125, 128-131, 196-201, 210.

Resnick, M., Eisenberg, M., Berg, R., Bakhtiar, M., Willow, D. (2000) Learning with Digital Manipulatives. New Frameworks to Help Elementary-School Students
Explore "Advanced" Mathematical and Scientific Concepts. Proposal to National Science Foundation.

Resnick, M., Rusk, N., Cooke, S. The Computer Clubhouse: Technological Fluency in the Inner City. High Technology and Low-Income Communities. MIT Press, 1998

Resnick, M. Technologies for Lifelong Kindergarten. Educational Technology Research & Development, vol. 46, no. 4 (1998)

Resnick, M., Martin, F., Berg, R., Borovoy, R., Colella, V., Kramer, K., and Silverman, B. (1998). Digital Manipulatives. Proceedings of the CHI '98 conference, Los Angeles, April 1998.

Resnick, M., Martin, F., Sargent, R., and Silverman, B. (1996). Programmable Bricks: Toys to Think With. IBM Systems Journal, vol. 35, no. 3-4, pp. 443-452.

Resnick, Mitchel. "LEGO, Logo, and Life". In Artificial Life, edited by C. Langton. Addison Wesley.

Resnick, Mitchel. "Behavior Construction Kits." Communications of the ACM, vol. 36, no. 7 (July 1993).

Resnick, M. (1993). Behavior Construction Kits. Communications of the ACM, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 64-71 (July 1993).

Resnick, M. (1991). MultiLogo: A Study of Children and Concurrent Programming. Interactive Learning Environments, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 153-170.

Resnick, M. (1991). MultiLogo: A Study of Children and Concurrent Programming. Interactive Learning Environments, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 153-170.

Resnick, M. & Ocko, S. (1991). LEGO/Logo: Learning Through and About Design. In I. Harel & S. Papert (Eds.), Constructionism. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Resnick, M., Bruckman, A., Martin, F. (1996) Pianos not Stereos: Creating Computational Construction Kits. Interactions, vol. 3, no. 6

Rogers, C.B., Lego(TM) building blocks and LabVIEW Teach Laboratory Skills, Instrumentation Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1996.

Sargent, Randy. "The Programmable LEGO Brick: Ubiquitous Computing for Kids." Master's Thesis, MIT Media Laboratory. Discusses hardware and software design goals of the Brick project and a number of different activities using the Brick with kids. 1995

Sargent, Randy; Resnick, Mitchel; Martin, Fred; and Silverman, Brian, "Building and Learning with Programmable Bricks." Good overall introduction to Programmable Brick project. Discusses features of the Pocket Programmable Brick. In the Logo Update, volume 3, number 3. Available from the Logo Foundation, 250 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10107-2228; (212) 765-4918. 1995

Sargent, Randy; Resnick, Mitchel; Martin, Fred; and Silverman, Brian. ``Building and Learning with Programmable Bricks.'' In Constructionism In Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital World, edited by Y. Kafai and M. Resnick. Lawrence Erlbaum. 1996

Kids Learning Engineering Science Using LEGO and the Programmable Brick, Fred G. Martin

LEGO/Logo and Electronic Bricks: Creating a Scienceland for Children (with Mitchel Resnick), in Advanced Educational Technologies for Mathematics and Science (David L. Ferguson, ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1993.

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Krumholtz, Nira. The “Spiral Model” of Technology Evolution: A Base for Curriculum Development

Krumholtz, Nira A Computer Learning Environment for Technology Education

Krumholtz, Nira Pangea-An Integrative Model for Learning Ecology Via Technology

Osborne, J., Erwin, B., Cyr, M., Rogers, C. A Creative and Low-Cost Method of Teaching Hands-On Engineering Experimentation Using Virtual Instrumentation, 2nd place entry, Education category, National Instruments Week 1997.

Pols, Y., C.B. Rogers and I.N. Miaoulis, Making Eighth Grade Science Exciting Through Aeronautics, Int. Jrnl. Engng. Ed., Vol. 83, 3, 243, 1994.

Pols, Y.D., C.B. Rogers, Bringing Engineering into Your Local Elementary School: A Beginner's Guide, ASME FED Vol. 182, pp.75-78, 1994.

Resnick, M., Berg, R., Eisenberg, M., Turkle, S., and Martin, F. (1996). Beyond Black Boxes: Bringing Transparency and Aesthetics Back to Scientific Instruments. Proposal to the National Science Foundation (project funded 1997-1999).

Resnick, M., and Rusk, N. (1996). The Computer Clubhouse: Preparing for Life in a Digital World. IBM Systems Journal, vol. 35, no. 3-4, pp. 431-440.