[IAEP] Emulating Alice in Turtle?

[Brooks, Kevin]

The kids in our after school program love Alice (Speak), and we have talked to them about how she works.  I just realized that we could get them to emulate Alice's opening moves in Turtle Blocks, with either the "speak" or "show" media objects, but I can't figure out if it is possible to program a response in Turtle using the "query keyboard" block from the sensors palette (or some other block like "print" from Python blocks).  In other words,

Speak -- Hello, my name is Alice.
Speak -- What is your name?
query keyboard ...

... and allow students to type in their name followed by

Speak -- That's a funny / cool / name (or whatever response the kids want to put in).  Getting them to program multiple options would be ideal!

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Kevin
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Kevin Brooks
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Department of English
Dept 2320, Box 6050
Morrill 219A
North Dakota State University
Fargo ND 58108-6050
701-231-7147
http://english.ndsu.edu/faculty/kevin_brooks/


The computer's true function is to program and orchestrate terrestrial and galactic environments and energies in a harmonious way.  -- Marshall McLuhan




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