About Turtle Academy
About the project
The project contains a client side learning environment and a compiler for Logo. The project enables to learn the previously mentioned programming language, as well as programming principles.
Why was it done
My brother has been volunteering in a primary school in Israel for the past few years. He was trying to instill the basic programming skills in the children and he discovered that there are three main problems. The first is the language barrier: all the programming languages are using English and the children's do not speak the language. The second issue is that currently there are not many online learning programs which address children. The third issue is the installation requirement of an appropriate programming environment in order to be able to start programming. For this reason we thought it would be a good idea to join forces and create TurtleAcademy. The inspiration for the project came from other projects like Khanacademy and a javascript learning project named Codecademy
Why to register
It saves your progress. Your progress will be kept and you will be able to see exactly which steps you have done before.
It remembers your special commands. You can teach the turtle some new commands. See the lesson 'The turtle is learning'. In order for the commands to be saved in your next visit, you should be a registered user.
Special lessons. There are special lessons available only for registered users. They are interesting lessons with attractive features.
It is free. The registration is for free.
Who we are
Lucio
Webmaster and amateur ping pong player
Ofer
Father of three, amateur entrepreneur
Amir
Colnect master, uncle of nine
Mona
Yoga master, mother of three (Chinese section)
Antonio
Spanish Teacher at University Würzburg
Oliver
Father of twins (German section)
Alexandre
Decipher my fav things on the icons around me ; ) (Portuguese section)
Jacek
The Polish Troïka
Maryan
Logophile
Sanjay
Education blogger and Youtuber from Pune, India
Giorgos
Developer, turtling in Greek..
Ayelet
Full time mother
Dana
Tiger painter, likes to read lessons
Andy
Feeding the turtle (Spanish section)
Tricks
New commands that have been learned will be saved even after the browser restarts. The turtle remembers the student's progress over time, allowing the student to follow his own progress.
Credits
Joshua Bell - Creator of calormen logo
Contact us
Turtle Academy is open to hear any ideas, suggestions or issues. Please contact us.
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