alice-teacher Beginner Assignment

[Wendy Evans]

Definitely! I have them write directions for making a paper airplane and the fun one: making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Really helps to make the point.

Miss Wendy Sue Evans
Conestoga Valley High School
Math and Computer Science Teacher



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I completely agree.  Also, the pseudo coding relates well to the "storyboarding" techniques in our Alice textbook.

Sincerely,

Jeff Goldstein
Computer Science Teacher
Cox High School, Va Beach

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To allow students to actually visualize what a computer does, on the first day, I like to teach them what psuedocode is. I allow them to write down directions to do a particular task, and I pretend as though I am a robot and do EXACTLY what they tell me to do. This allows them to see the importance of being very detailed in their programs.
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