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[[Category:Activities|Turtle Art]]</noinclude>

== What is Turtle Blocks (AKA Turtle Art)==

Turtle Blocks is an activity with a Logo-inspired graphical "turtle" that draws colorful art based on snap-together visual programming elements. Its "low floor" provides an easy entry point for beginners. It also has "high ceiling" programming features which will challenge the more adventurous student.

Turtle Blocks is an activity with a [https://logothings.wikispaces.com/ Logo-inspired] graphical "turtle" that draws colorful art based on snap-together visual programming elements. Its "low floor" provides an easy entry point for beginners. It also has "high ceiling" programming features which will challenge the more adventurous student.

=== Where to get Turtle Blocks ===

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http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4027

'''Note:''' There are two inter-compatible programs: [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4298 Turtle Art] and [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4027 Turtle Blocks]. Turtle Art, which closely parallels the Java version of Turtle Art maintained by Brian Silverman, offers a small subset of the functionality of Turtle Blocks. (Also see [[Activities/Turtle Confusion|Turtle Confusion]], a collection of programming challenges designed by Barry Newell.)

'''Note:''' There are two inter-compatible programs: [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4298 Turtle Art] and [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4027 Turtle Blocks]. Turtle Art, which closely parallels the Java version of Turtle Art maintained by Brian Silverman, offers a small subset of the functionality of Turtle Blocks. '''Sugar users probably want to use Turtle Blocks rather than Turtle Art.''' (Also see [[Activities/Turtle Confusion|Turtle Confusion]], a collection of programming challenges designed by Barry Newell; as well as the [[Activities/TurtleFlags]], [[Activities/Tortuga de Mexico]] and [[Activities/Amazonas Tortuga]] variants.)

Debian (and Ubuntu) users can install Turtle Blocks from a repository maintained by Alan Aguiar (https://launchpad.net/~alanjas/+archive/turtleblocks):

# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alanjas/turtleblocks

# sudo apt-get update

# sudo apt-get install turtleblocks

{{:~~Activities~~/~~TurtleArt/Getting_started}}~~

Fedora users can do:

# <strike>sudo yum install turtleblocks</strike>

# sudo yum install sugar-turtleart

{{:~~Activities~~/~~TurtleArt~~/~~Challenges}}~~

For those of you who would like to use Turtle Blocks in a browser, there is a mostly compatible version at [http://turtle.sugarlabs.org Turtle Blocks JS]. See [https://github.com/walterbender/turtleblocksjs/blob/master/guide/README.md the Guide] ([https://github.com/walterbender/turtleblocksjs/blob/master/guide-es/README.md en ES]) for more details.

{{:~~Activities~~/~~TurtleArt~~/~~Toolbars}}~~

Finally, there is [http://walterbender.github.io/musicblocks Music Blocks], a musical fork of Turtle Blocks. See [https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/blob/master/guide/README.md the Guide] for more details.

== Credits ==

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-<noinclude>{{Translations | [[Activities/Turtle Art|english]] &#124; [[Activities/Turtle Art/lang-es|español]] &#124;}}{{TOCright}}
+<noinclude>{{Translations | [[Activities/Turtle Art|english]] &#124; [[Activities/Turtle Art/lang-es|español]] &#124;}}
 [[Category:Activities|Turtle Art]]</noinclude>
 == What is Turtle Blocks (AKA Turtle Art)==
-Turtle Blocks is an activity with a Logo-inspired graphical "turtle" that draws colorful art based on snap-together visual programming elements. Its "low floor" provides an easy entry point for beginners. It also has "high ceiling" programming features which will challenge the more adventurous student.
+Turtle Blocks is an activity with a [https://logothings.wikispaces.com/ Logo-inspired] graphical "turtle" that draws colorful art based on snap-together visual programming elements. Its "low floor" provides an easy entry point for beginners. It also has "high ceiling" programming features which will challenge the more adventurous student.
 === Where to get Turtle Blocks ===
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 http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4027
-'''Note:''' There are two inter-compatible programs: [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4298 Turtle Art] and [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4027 Turtle Blocks]. Turtle Art, which closely parallels the Java version of Turtle Art maintained by Brian Silverman, offers a small subset of the functionality of Turtle Blocks. (Also see [[Activities/Turtle Confusion|Turtle Confusion]], a collection of programming challenges designed by Barry Newell.)
+'''Note:''' There are two inter-compatible programs: [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4298 Turtle Art] and [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4027 Turtle Blocks]. Turtle Art, which closely parallels the Java version of Turtle Art maintained by Brian Silverman, offers a small subset of the functionality of Turtle Blocks. '''Sugar users probably want to use Turtle Blocks rather than Turtle Art.''' (Also see [[Activities/Turtle Confusion|Turtle Confusion]], a collection of programming challenges designed by Barry Newell; as well as the [[Activities/TurtleFlags]], [[Activities/Tortuga de Mexico]] and [[Activities/Amazonas Tortuga]] variants.)
+Debian (and Ubuntu) users can install Turtle Blocks from a repository maintained by Alan Aguiar (https://launchpad.net/~alanjas/+archive/turtleblocks):
+# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alanjas/turtleblocks
+# sudo apt-get update
+# sudo apt-get install turtleblocks
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Getting_started}}
+Fedora users can do:
+# <strike>sudo yum install turtleblocks</strike>
+# sudo yum install sugar-turtleart
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Challenges}}
+For those of you who would like to use Turtle Blocks in a browser, there is a mostly compatible version at [http://turtle.sugarlabs.org Turtle Blocks JS]. See [https://github.com/walterbender/turtleblocksjs/blob/master/guide/README.md the Guide] ([https://github.com/walterbender/turtleblocksjs/blob/master/guide-es/README.md en ES]) for more details.
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Toolbars}}
+Finally, there is [http://walterbender.github.io/musicblocks Music Blocks], a musical fork of Turtle Blocks. See [https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/blob/master/guide/README.md the Guide] for more details.
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Extras}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Getting_started}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Turtle_Cards}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Galleries}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Challenges}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Portfolios}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Toolbars}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Logo}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Extras}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/ProgrammableBrick}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Tutorials}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Plugins}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Galleries}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Misc}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Portfolios}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Under_the_hood}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Logo}}
-{{:Activities/TurtleArt/Packaging}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Programmable_Brick}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Plugins}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Misc}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Under_the_hood}}
+{{:Activities/Turtle Art/Packaging}}
 == Credits ==