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This was a presentation created for the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario's 2005 Conference.
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May 2005 B.Sherry
Turtle Travels….Beyond Expectations for
Primary Students ECOO 2005
May 2005 B.Sherry
The Spirit of Logo• “We learn better by
doing, but we learn better if we combine our doing with talking and thinking about what we have done.”
Seymour Papert
May 2005 B.Sherry
Logo Philosophy• Often categorized as
constructivism or “discovery learning”
• Papert creates a new term called “constructionism”
• Acquisition of skills needed to participate with understanding in the construction of what is new
May 2005 B.Sherry
MicroWorlds JuniorInstructional Implications• Some basic structure in introduction of skills • Students soon take control of their own
learning• Sharing student work creates a wider variety
of possibilities• Learn a skill -- teach a skill• Whole class, small group and individual
instruction
May 2005 B.Sherry
Implementation• An environment of
collaboration• Student as teacher• Teacher as learner• Logo fosters situations
that the teacher has never seen before
• Has to join the student as an authentic co-learner
May 2005 B.Sherry
Turtles…what they can do• Hatching turtles• Painting Centre• Text• Recording centre• Animations
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Turtle Geometry• How turtles move• Pen up/down• Drawing shapes with
the turtle• Programming the turtle
to make shapes (procedures and sub-procedures)
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Student Projects• Patterns and
geometry• Multimedia reports
and stories• Interactive pages• Mazes
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Curriculum Connections• Recognizing, describing, extending patterns• Comparisons and measurement• Creating and exploring simple simulations of
movement• Writing in a variety of forms• Using various media to convey a message• Transformational geometry
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Curriculum Connections• Recognize, draw and compare 2-D shapes• Describe attributes of 2-D shapes• Describe, interpret and apply ideas about
direction and distance in navigating space• Generate a hypothesis, test it and reflect on
results• Descriptive writing• Find and name locations in coordinate
systems such as maps
May 2005 B.Sherry
Recommended Websites• LCSI www.microworlds.com• Logo Foundation
http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/• The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.edutopia.org/• MaMaMedia-The Place for Kids on the Net
http://mamamedia.com