Camp Explore

By now you have programmed TurtleArt and ArtLogo images and learned how both programming environments work. Today we will exchange these projects and take time to remix the work.

Post Your Work

We will start by building a collection of work for people to download and remix. We will use this Google Drive folder. Depending upon whether the work is TurtleArt or ArtLogo, upload your projects to the appropriate folder.

Take a few minutes to browse the images that are uploaded and select a few that you want to remix.

Remix

Remixing the image is changing the procedure or procedures code(s) to change the resulting image a little. Let's examine the image that we programmed in TurtleArt when we first started.

One easy way to start remixing this image is to make the square procedure draw a larger square. We can change how far forward the turtle goes and the square will be larger.

While we are at it, maybe that red ink is getting a little boring. We can change the color and grab a wider pen, too. Those changes are added to the master procedure that draws the pinwheel design.

When we run the procedure we now have a different iteration of the design.

Another idea might be to repeat our big design in a different color and a different size pen. We can make the procedure we created with repeating square and turning right into its own block like we did with square by putting a hat block on top of it.

We can then incorporate that procedure into our master procedure. I also turn the turtle a little before it starts the pinwheel design so the points are at 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° if you look at the finished design.

Your remix might take elements of somebody else's work and expand on it. I particularly enjoy working through iterations of designs and seeing where they go.

I have programmed similar iterations in ArtLogo on different visual themes.

Repost Your Work

With a collection of fresh remixes on your computer, whether programmed in TurtleArt or ArtLogo, you should now add your favorites to the Gallery folder in the Google Drive folder.

Gallery Walk

Spend some time looking at the images in the Gallery folder. You can download them and examine the procedures in TurtleArt or ArtLogo. Later you can take an image or design you like in TurtleArt and transfer it into ArtLogo by reprogramming it in text.

Going Further

I hope you enjoyed this workshop and learned some new programming skills. Continue practicing and keeping your chops limber. Use the posted resources to explore new techniques. Have hard fun!