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ANTIC Interview 388 - Henry and Nancy Taitt, Creative Learning Association

ANTIC Interview 388 - Henry and Nancy Taitt, Creative Learning Association

FromANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast


ANTIC Interview 388 - Henry and Nancy Taitt, Creative Learning Association

FromANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Henry and Nancy Taitt, Creative Learning Association Henry Taitt was founder of the Creative Learning Association, which created books and classes about how to program computers in BASIC. Henry, along with his wife Nancy Taitt, ran the company from 1982-1988. The book series, TLC For Growing Minds — TLC means Thinking, Learning, Creating — delivered self-paced lessons about the BASIC programming language. Versions of the series were available for Atari 8-bit, Apple II, IBM PC, TRS-80, and other platforms. Each platform series had seven books with color-coded covers: the red cover was level 1, orange for level 2, yellow for level 3, and so on down the rainbow. Another series offered platform-agnostic microcomputer projects. The material was used as the bases for in-person classes at computer labs around the United States. Creative Learning Association also published a newsletter and a "national registry of computer programers" highlighting students who had progressed in the book series. I have been able to find and scan some of Creative Learning Association materials and upload them to The Internet Archive.  This interview took place on April 14, 2020. TLC for Growing Minds book scans  
Released:
Jun 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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We cover Atari news, reviews, and a special feature each show for the Atari 8-bit line of computers (400/800/XL/XE/XEGS)