Great app for those new to coding

Submitted 9 years ago

Community Review for Move the Turtle. Learn to code

Mr.T
Mr.T
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St Mark's School of Texas
Dallas TX, US
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My Take

Overall, this is a good app for teaching lower and middle school kids to code, but there are free apps that do the same. I liked the option to create your own programs and share them, something the other apps and websites don't offer. While LOGO may not be the best language to begin with, it gets kids thinking about processes.

How I Use It

I loaded the app on iPads and had my 6th grade class work at their own pace. Even though it is geared towards lower school kids, we used the app to introduce coding as part of the Computer Science Education Week to introduce coding to kids. Most kids were able to open the app and start working without any issues. A few needed some basic directions on how to start. If I were to use this app again I would review the directions with the entire class online before starting so we use all the class time working in the app and not trying to figure out how to use it.

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Toni O.
Toni O. Library Technology Educator
October 2, 2014

Simple Steps to Learn Complex Code

Having worked with other visual programming apps, this one was surprisingly easy for my advance users to jump in and use with little or no instruction. I liked how it added one new feature for each lesson. The visual programming really helps students learn how to code without concern for all of the syntax of coding. It would be nice to have audio help if the student continues to guess wrong steps.
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Susan W.
Susan W. Mc Keesport, PA
March 14, 2014

Wonderful Programming Logic App to use with students as young as first grade

I am trying to plan more lessons that introduce programming logic and higher order thinking in the technology classroom. Move the Turtle is one of my GO TO apps for this purpose. The kids seem to like it . From the the very young to the middle school students, when I use this app, there is a positive learning experience.
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