From jmclean at klschools.org  Wed Oct 10 11:12:14 2018
From: jmclean at klschools.org (McLean, Jennifer)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:12:14 +0000
Subject: alice-teacher Question about built-in procedures
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Hi,


I was reviewing the procedures with the class and I was unclear on how to explain the difference between the moveTo and the moveToward procedures. They seem to work the same way.


Thanks, Jennifer
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From don at alice.org  Wed Oct 10 11:33:45 2018
From: don at alice.org (Don Slater)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:33:45 -0400
Subject: alice-teacher Question about built-in procedures
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Jennifer,
moveTo animates movement of the object, in the direction of the target object (a 3D Model) until the pivot point of the object and the pivot point of the target are exactly the same; the original orientation of the object is unchanged.

moveTowards animates movement of the object, by the specified amount, in the direction of the target object (a 3D Model)?  the original orientation of the object is unchanged.

The command ?moveToward (target, getDistanceTo(target))? will produce the same results as moveTo(target).

I have attached an Alice 3 project which illustrates the differences?

Let us know if you have any other questions?

All the best,
Don Slater

Alice Project



> On Oct 10, 2018, at 11:12 AM, McLean, Jennifer <jmclean at klschools.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was reviewing the procedures with the class and I was unclear on how to explain the difference between the moveTo and the moveToward procedures. They seem to work the same way. 
> 
> Thanks, Jennifer
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From jmclean at klschools.org  Wed Oct 10 12:10:43 2018
From: jmclean at klschools.org (McLean, Jennifer)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:10:43 +0000
Subject: alice-teacher Question about built-in procedures
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This is what I was doing so I didn't see a difference. - The command ?moveToward (target, getDistanceTo(target))? will produce the same results as moveTo(target).

Thanks.



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Subject: Re: alice-teacher Question about built-in procedures

Jennifer,
moveTo animates movement of the object, in the direction of the target object (a 3D Model) until the pivot point of the object and the pivot point of the target are exactly the same; the original orientation of the object is unchanged.

moveTowards animates movement of the object, by the specified amount, in the direction of the target object (a 3D Model)?  the original orientation of the object is unchanged.

The command ?moveToward (target, getDistanceTo(target))? will produce the same results as moveTo(target).

I have attached an Alice 3 project which illustrates the differences?

Let us know if you have any other questions?

All the best,
Don Slater

Alice Project



On Oct 10, 2018, at 11:12 AM, McLean, Jennifer <jmclean at klschools.org<mailto:jmclean at klschools.org>> wrote:

Hi,

I was reviewing the procedures with the class and I was unclear on how to explain the difference between the moveTo and the moveToward procedures. They seem to work the same way.

Thanks, Jennifer
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From dandelionspea at gmail.com  Tue Oct 16 15:09:28 2018
From: dandelionspea at gmail.com (EDIMEK PETER)
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:09:28 +0100
Subject: alice-teacher Alice Team Updates and Calls to Action
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I'm interested in being a beta tester for the Alice project. I'll like to
know how i can help.

Sincerely,
Edimek Peter.

On 26 Sep 2018 19:05, "Eric Brown" <ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I hope this finds everyone off to a great start to the school year.  I
> wanted to post several updates and make a couple community requests.  It
> has been a while so there a bunch of items but please take a second to read
> through * mark the most import community requests.
>
> 1.  Alice Challenge Updates - We have posted all of our template materials
> from our inaugural event that can be used as a blueprint for anyone wanting
> to host a challenge (https://www.alice.org/alicechallenge/).  We are also
> here to help anyone who wants to try to host one in another region.  We
> will be hosting another challenge in Pittsburgh area this year so please
> check back as we update training opportunities and dates around the
> challenge.
>
> * We have an amazing high school student who wants to run an Alice
> challenge in the LA area.  She is in Ventura County where she got a grant
> and ran a summer camp for girls (https://www.theacorn.com/
> articles/these-are-the-girls-who-code/).  If anyone on this list is in
> the LA area and would like to help her or would want to broaden her
> initiative to other districts please contact us.  I would love to help her
> in any way we can.
>
> 2.  Curriculum Materials - We have added and updated a bunch of lessons
> for Alice 3.  Definitely take a look and see if there is anything new that
> would be useful to you or your students.  If you are already using these
> you may want to check to see if new version have been posted. (
> https://www.alice.org/resources/alice-3-lessons/).
>
> *As always we are eager to hear from you if you are using these materials
> with any comments, suggestions, or with assessment or exercise materials
> you have paired with them so that we can share them out with the
> community.  Please contact us if you want to share feedback or help us
> review and expand the materials.
>
> 3.  Technical Development - We had hoped to release a new version of Alice
> in time for the new school year however our release has been delayed due to
> our desire to finally release the model import pipeline.  This development
> is approaching completion but will need significant QA.  We do plan to
> release it in Beta this fall.  We have also gained a lot of momentum
> towards our external Alice player to allow sharing of worlds outside of the
> Alice IDE.  This is also our first step towards us publishing to VR/AR.  We
> have engaged Filament Games to help accelerate our work and they have been
> great to work with.  More to come soon,
>
> * If you would be interested in beta testing a model import version of
> Alice with a 3D modeling class please reach out to us.
>
> As always we are grateful for your support and appreciate all of your
> support for each other.  We continue to try to improve your experience with
> Alice.  Your feedback is what helps us do that so don?t be shy.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Eric
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