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Slide deck from hands-on workshops introducing elementary teachers to the Turtle Art software.
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Jim Tiffin Jr.Director of Academic Technology
The Harley School
Saying Hello to an Old Friend
• Text-based graphical programming language
The Turtle’s 21st Century Look
• Block-based graphical programming language
Only a Few Basics
• Helpful hints to save some frustrations
Explore, Experiment, Enjoy!
• Learn like a you were a kid again! Just try it out and see what you discover!
Some Examples from My Classes
• Patterns• Subroutines• Recursion• Rainbow Tornados!
Your Turn!
• Create some of your own artwork using TurtleArt– Save your files using SAVE SAVE IMAGE…• This makes your code part of the image
– Email your picture to [email protected] make it part of our workshop gallery!!
– The subject line becomes the title of your artwork… and all good artists title their work
(Images will be licensed CC-BY so others may use them)
Reflections and Questions
• What do you think?– What could this do for your students?
• What questions do you have?
Thank you!
• Lots of resources, and the workshop gallery, can be found at:
jtiffinjr.wikispaces.com(please take time to fill out the feedback survey at the bottom as
well…)
