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I was maybe 5 or 6. My mom was attending University to get her Teaching degree, with a specialization in Education Technology. She often used my brother and I a
by billytehpunk 5y ago
I was maybe 5 or 6. My mom was attending University to get her Teaching degree, with a specialization in Education Technology. She often used my brother and I as test subjects and case studies as a part of her school work.
She was showing me LOGO, a kids programming language she was learning about, and getting me to type in commands to move the little triangle turtle around on the screen. I still had trouble remembering which way was left and right, and as the little triangle-turtle rotated on the screen, it became more and more difficult for me to move it the way I wanted as I got confused.
In her art class, she made a little clay turtle - and taped and 'L' and 'R' label on each side of its wide body. I held that clay turtle on my lap, and as I made the digital turtle move about on the screen, I rotated my clay turtle on my lap to match. The clay turtle told me which way was left and right on the screen, so I could continue to move the computer turtle around where I wanted to.
- ta2435423646 5y agoYes I recall the turtle, thats a blast from the past. Logo was the language, turn left etc. I was jealous because I never had the actual turtle. I think there were hardware tortoises.