Transcript Primary Ninja Turtles Logo in KS2

Phil Bagge
PRIMARY NINJA TURTLES
WHAT IS LOGO?
Programming language
 Comes in many forms
 Can be used by primary age pupils all the way
to university level
 Free version called FMS Logo (simple demo)
 Seymour Papert used Piaget's work in his
development of the Logo programming
language. He created Logo as a tool to improve
the way that children think and solve problems

DEVELOPING PUPILS PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
Computational
thinking
Steps
Loops
(iteration)
Decomposition
Debugging
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

Steps
Start
by step
 Ordered
First
 Step

Loops
 Repeat
steps
Second
Finish
DECOMPOSITION
Breaking a task/problem/program down
into smaller more manageable chunks
DEBUGGING
Finding and correcting errors
All programmers and computer scientist
make mistakes in their code. This is normal.
The process of finding and fixing errors is
called debugging.
LOGO
What is the problem?
Where is it in the code?
Can I think of a way to fix it?
A MODULE OF WORK
Find on
http://code-it.co.uk/csplanning.html
Using Logo to teach programming principles
HUMAN ROBOTS
Introduce basic commands
Forward 1 (Step)
Right 90 (Quarter turn to right)
Left 90 (Quarter turn to left)
Back 1 (Step)
In hall, class or playground give pupils simple
instructions
Rubber in right
CONTROL YOUR ROBOT
One pupil steers the other using verbal logo
commands
 One pupil steers the other using written logo
commands on a whiteboard
 One pupil steers the other using a string of
commands on a whiteboard
 Control your robot to move to x
 Control your robot to get to the teacher

PROGRAM YOUR TEACHER
BASIC SHAPES USING LOGO INTERPRETER
Square
 Stairs
 Rectangle
 L shape
 T shape

SAVING BASIC SHAPES USING PROCEDURES
Square
 Stairs
 Rectangle
 L shape
 T shape

SQUARE
LETTER FONT
Create a Font
Create a Word
Create a Letter
Parts of a Letter
Debugging
Not teachers role to
debug pupils work
INTRODUCING ITERATION LOOPS
LOGO ITERATING PATTERNS
RESOURCES
Planning
http://code-it.co.uk/year3plan/logoplan.htm
Resources
Chalk
Masking Tape
Whiteboards with squares
FMS Logo
Basic Computers or Laptops
Courses
e-learn e-teach