XO Learning

Be on the lookout for the TurtleArt turtle that Madeline sent out into the stratosphere. (Madeline thinks that the turtle is probably in Germany.) We learned today that using the biggest numbers we can think of isn’t always the best idea in a computer.Today we met for our second session. We changed the nickname and colors on Madeline’s machine, and took a look at some of the TurtleArt sample files. We then opened up TurtleArt and taught ourselves how to draw with the turtle. Our homework for next time is to use TurtleArt to draw a picture of a house. The best house wins. Deadline for building is March 17th, the day of our next session.   If you’d like to enter our TurtleArt contest, go ahead and send us a link to a copy of your TurtleArt house via the blog comments. We’ll showcase all entries on the blog here. If you’ve never used TurtleArt, but would like to try, you can learn more about it on the OLPC wiki. If you don’t have TurtleArt, and would like to use a different version of Logo to create a picture of a house, go for it!  Madeline - take a look at this handy color chart to use while using logo - you can select which colors to use on your house! See you in two weeks!