LogoSpeak: How to talk to the little alien in the Logo Command Center (a MicroWorlds EX guide)

A Guide to the MicroWorlds 2.0 Vocabulary

Testing for Understanding

  1. TFU #1
  2. TFU #2
  3. TFU #3
  4. TFU #4
  5. TFU #5

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LogoSpeak

Programming in Logo is kind of like having a text messaging conversation with an alien. The alien Logo has learned some of our words, but Logo thinks quite differently, so not all of the words translate very well. And there are lots of words that Logo doesn't know.

So the conversation goes like this: you text message some request to Logo. If Logo understands you, Logo does what you ask. If Logo gets confused, Logo will do something weird or will send you a message trying to explain why she can't do what you ask.

Sometimes the weird thing that Logo does is cool, so you decide to use it. Other times, you decide to reword your request so Logo can understand it better. You can also teach Logo new words.

The conversation continues until you're happy with the result or decide to do something else.

To start learning conversational Logo, see LogoSpeak: How to talk to the little alien in the Logo Command Center (a MicroWorlds EX guide)

When Logo tries to complete the instructions in the message, we say that Logo is evaluating the instructions. The more you know Logo's method for evaluating instructions, the more you can string together commands and reporters in complicated ways to create some cool effects. Read more in Logo Evaluates a Message.

Turtles in Motion

Below are some examples show different ways turtles can move around a screen.

  1. Position
  2. Heading
  3. Random Speed
  4. Random Turns
  5. Controlling Motion
  6. Collision

Bits & Blocks Gallery

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Bits and Blocks 2005, Session II

  1. Darcy
  2. Elaine
  3. Emma
  4. Juli
  5. Juli
  6. Paul
  7. Paul
  8. Steve

Bits and Blocks 2005, Session I

  1. Aaron
  2. Anonymous
  3. Amir
  4. Anonymous
  5. Dan
  6. Gabe
  7. Ivan
  8. Kyle
  9. Patrick
  10. Anonymous
  11. Robert
  12. Sarah
  13. Anonymous
  14. Udaya, Robert, and Joshua

Bits and Blocks 2004, Session II

  1. Adam
  2. Anjali
  3. Caroline
  4. Heather
  5. Mick
  6. Sam (asdlha5)

Bits and Blocks 2004, Session I

  1. Christopher
  2. Sarah

Bits and Blocks 2003

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