Hacker News Reader

Turtle is also part of Python's standard library. Re-implementing geometric puzzles we already solved in Scratch works well as a transition to Python for my seventh graders.

Turtle programming in Logo was the first time I programmed on something that wasn't a home computer. It was on an Icon computer [1] at my local high school (I was in elementary at the time). It was also the first time I programmed in something other than BASIC. I loved working with the turtle in Logo.

[1] http://www.computernostalgia.net/articles/icon.htm

Very cool as a pedagogic tool! The turtle example is also featured in Hackety Hack[1] which is supposed to teach kids about programming as well.

[1] http://www.hackety.com/lessons/an-introduction-to-programmin...

Trinket.io might be right up you alley