Episode
NOVA: Talking Turtle
Overview
NOVA looks at computers in the classroom through the eyes of MIT's Seymour Papert, father of the Turtle—a computerized robot that crawls on the floor and talks in versatile language even five-year-olds can learn.
Details
- Series
- NOVA
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1983-10-25
- Runtime
- 55 min
Episode context
Talking Turtle is Episode 11 in Season 10 of NOVA. It aired on 1983-10-25. The runtime is 55 min.
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