alice-teacher s Digest, Vol 113, Issue 1

[Sara Masters]

This sounds very interesting!

Sara

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>    1.  Collaborative Alice Projects (Margaret Meijers)
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> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:29:43 +1000
> From: Margaret Meijers <mmeijers at gmail.com>
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> Subject: alice-teacher Collaborative Alice Projects
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> I teach an online course in Alice to year 5 & 6 students (10-12 yr olds) in
> schools across Tasmania (Australia) as part of an extension curriculum.
> The students have only started using Alice in March this year, so their
> skills are still very basic, but I thought others might be interested in a
> very successful collaborative project I've just done.  It was called Pass
> It On, and basically it had 4 rounds, where each round the projects were
> passed on by me to a student in a different school.
>
> Week 1: Students all designed an Alice scene and sent it to me.  I then
> sent the project on to the next student in a different school.
> Week 2: Students had to code a story starter.
> Week 3: Students added a story middle
> Week 4: Students add a story ending.
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> So in the end, each project had been completed by four different students
> from four different schools.  The kids really loved it, and it was a great
> way for them to learn from each other as they looked at the code that each
> previous student had added in.
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> You can view some of the finished projects here:
> https://vimeo.com/showcase/7267681
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> Cheers
> Margaret Meijers
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> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:35:16 +0000
> From: "Buddha, Sharada" <buddha at sxu.edu>
> To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Collaborative Alice Projects
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> Dear Prof. Meijers,
> This is a very interesting concept. So 4 students independently
> contributed (without mutual discussion etc) to the project and made up the
> story. Like it. Thank you for sharing.
> Sharada
>
> Sharada Buddha Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Department of Chemistry
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> Saint Xavier University
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> Subject: alice-teacher Collaborative Alice Projects
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> I teach an online course in Alice to year 5 & 6 students (10-12 yr olds)
> in schools across Tasmania (Australia) as part of an extension curriculum.
> The students have only started using Alice in March this year, so their
> skills are still very basic, but I thought others might be interested in a
> very successful collaborative project I've just done.  It was called Pass
> It On, and basically it had 4 rounds, where each round the projects were
> passed on by me to a student in a different school.
>
> Week 1: Students all designed an Alice scene and sent it to me.  I then
> sent the project on to the next student in a different school.
> Week 2: Students had to code a story starter.
> Week 3: Students added a story middle
> Week 4: Students add a story ending.
>
> So in the end, each project had been completed by four different students
> from four different schools.  The kids really loved it, and it was a great
> way for them to learn from each other as they looked at the code that each
> previous student had added in.
>
> You can view some of the finished projects here:
> https://vimeo.com/showcase/7267681
>
> Cheers
> Margaret Meijers
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