DocumentCode
2496030
Title
Lower floor, lower ceiling: easily programming turtle-graphics
Author
Sheehan, Robert
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
87
Lastpage
88
Abstract
By making the first steps towards programming as simple as using a drawing program and making it easy to turn sequences of commands into procedures, children can produce sophisticated graphical effects. A turtle-graphics programming environment is being extended to make it even easier for young children to use by the addition of a free-hand procedure maker and some changes to the direct manipulation control of the turtle
Keywords
computer science education; courseware; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; teaching; visual programming; children; direct manipulation control; drawing program; free-hand procedure maker; graphical effects; programming education; turtle-graphics programming environment; Computer languages; Computer science; Floors; History; Ice; Mice; Pediatrics; Programming environments; Programming profession; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visual Languages, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
ISSN
1049-2615
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0840-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VL.2000.874366
Filename
874366
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