Slide deck from hands-on workshops introducing elementary teachers to the Turtle Art software.

1. Jim Tiffin Jr.
Director of Academic Technology
The Harley School

2. Saying Hello to an Old Friend
• Text-based graphical programming language

3. The Turtle’s 21st Century Look
• Block-based graphical programming language

4. Only a Few Basics
• Helpful hints to
save some frustrations

5. Explore, Experiment, Enjoy!
• Learn like a
you were a kid
again! Just try
it out and see
what you
discover!

6. Some Examples from My Classes
• Patterns
• Subroutines
• Recursion
• Rainbow Tornados!

7. 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
easy16using@photos.flickr.com
to 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)

8. Reflections and Questions
• What do you think?
– What could this do for your students?
• What questions do you have?

9. 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…)