Re: [Edu-sig] turtle graphics

2011-11-20 Thread Wolfgang J. Büchel
Hello, in some classes I use the logo exercises (ca. 80) from Daniel Ajoy: http://neoparaiso.com/logo/ejercicios-de-geometria.html Regards Wolfgang Buechel Am 19.11.2011 23:00, schrieb A. Jorge Garcia: I've been hearing a lot lately about a new python module for turtle graphics a la logo. I

[Edu-sig] turtle graphics

2011-11-19 Thread A. Jorge Garcia
I've been hearing a lot lately about a new python module for turtle graphics a la logo. I have 2 questions: (1) does anyone know of a good source of sample turtle problems/solutions/code/syllabus to use with the python turtle module? (2) is there anyway to use turtle graphics in SAGE, or do we

Re: [Edu-sig] Turtle Graphics

2007-12-24 Thread kirby urner
On Dec 24, 2007 8:09 AM, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: << SNIP >> > What I want both in CS0 (intro CS) and pre-college both > is a sense of "the language tree" ala that famous O'Reilley > timeline I like projecting. Languages come and go, and > there're many more interesting things to s

Re: [Edu-sig] Turtle Graphics

2007-12-24 Thread kirby urner
Thanks Daniel, I was hoping you'd chime in as I think of you when I think of Logo, as a true master thereof. My own history takes me to McGraw-Hill, Avenue of the Americas in the 1980s, where Nola Hague and the gang were working on computer literacy textbooks for the masses. Back then, pre open s

Re: [Edu-sig] Turtle Graphics

2007-12-24 Thread Daniel Ajoy
On 24 Dec 2007 at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So the distinction I was making was between original > Logo syntax, which doesn't explicitly mention the > turtle (because there's only one), In MicroWorlds Logo there are many turtles and the usual way to handle this is: talkto "turtle1 repe

Re: [Edu-sig] Turtle Graphics

2007-12-23 Thread kirby urner
On Dec 23, 2007 8:06 AM, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: << SNIP >> > What's so good about Python in particular is the 'self' metaphor, > while not a keyword, is very explicit and clear, enabling multiple > turtles right out of the box. The original Logo was more seeing the > turtle as a

[Edu-sig] Turtle Graphics

2007-12-23 Thread kirby urner
The more I think about turtle graphics, the more I think some enterprising faculty is going to spin it as a way to intersect multiple languages around a common topic, plus there's the "sharing with kids" memeplex, anything but simple, so lots of ways to spin within the spin. Translation: why not

[Edu-sig] turtle-graphics - Abelson and a sign of the times?

2006-11-19 Thread Gregor Lingl
> Concerning books what I've done is to rely on the old, but very good > book, by Abelson and diSessa "Turtle Geometry" (MIT Press) and > translate the logo code to Python. To confront you with a newer (and very interesting) idea of Abelson have a look at: ttp://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node