alice-teacher Alice At Home
Donald Slater
dslater at andrew.cmu.edu
Thu Mar 26 14:52:02 EDT 2020
Thank you for the update, Keith…
Don
> On Mar 26, 2020, at 12:13 PM, Keith Golebie <kgolebie at ellwood.k12.pa.us> wrote:
>
> I haven't looked at this in a while and I will say this was quite a challenge but it did work. This required logging on in Developer Mode and I do not think school IT staff would allow students in Developer mode. For that reason, I would not recommend this for students on school issued Chromebook devices. This would typically require working with the IT Staff to accomplish the proper setup, which might be doable in the classroom, but certainly presents greater challenges with student devices and they are not in school.
>
> All that being said, and this is probably reaching too, but an easier path may be to check and see if the students have access to a computer - PC, MAC, or Linux, at home that the parents would allow an install of Alice 2.x or 3.x. I'm in the process of surveying my students now for a class (different subject) where this would be necessary for the software I want to use in that class.
>
> Hope that helps in some way. Stay well and stay safe everyone,
> Keith
>
> Mr. Golebie
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> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:53 AM Donald Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>> wrote:
> Keith Golebie, who has worked with us in the Pittsburgh area has posted instructions on how to get Alice running on a Chromebook… I have copied them below…
>
> Keith may have more thoughts or input on this...
>
> <begin instructions from Keith Golebie (kgolebie at ellwood.k12.pa.us <mailto:kgolebie at ellwood.k12.pa.us>)>
>
> For those of you who may be interested...
>
> After many attempts, I am happy to report that Alice 3 (the latest version) is running on the Chromebook! Linux is running in a window, so you can toggle between Linux and Chrome without rebooting.
>
> All credit and thanks to Steve Audia at CMU - Steve's patience through this process was amazing! Additionally, thanks and credit to Eric Brown for your input and for making the connections.
>
> The process does require Developer mode, and that may be sticky for IT Staff in school districts, but it does work.
>
> This is not as complicated as it may seem. There are 3 main steps - run the Ubuntu install, update Linux & install java, then install Alice. This is only one method of making this work, there are others. If you find other methods, please share them with the list.
>
> Installing the Linux version of Alice on a Chromebook
>
> 1. Follow the steps to install Linux Ubuntu using Crouton found here:
> https://www.lifewire.com/install-linux-on-chromebook-4125253 <https://www.lifewire.com/install-linux-on-chromebook-4125253>
>
> Once Linux is up and running, you may have to reboot the system, so go ahead and do that.
> (Follow directions on Crouton install)
>
> 2. After rboot, in a terminal window on Linux, run:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
> sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
>
> 3. Alice
> Download Alice 3 for Linux from Alice.org <http://alice.org/>
>
> The remainder is from Alice.org <http://alice.org/>:
>
> Linux:
> the Linux shell script does not start the installer right away. Follow these steps:
>
> Open the Terminal, and go to the directory where you have downloaded Alice.
> Type chmod +x Alice3_unix_Offline_3_2_5_0_0.sh
> Type ./Alice3_unix_Offline_3_2_5_0_0.sh
> Installation will start in a few seconds
>
> 4. Alice 2
> Click on Download Alice 2.x for Linux for the appropriate gallery version of Alice 2.x.
> After the download is complete, unzip the downloaded file.
> Place the complete uncompressed directory in the desired location on your machine.
> Open the Alice 2.x directory
> Find the Required directory in the Alice 2.x directory and open it
> Double-click the run-alice file in the Required directory (you may wish to create a short-cut for this file to place on your desktop).
> If Alice does not start, you may need to reset the classpath for the Java location on your machine.
>
> -Keith
>
> <end Keith Golebie instructions>
>
> Al the best,
> Don Slater
>
> Alice Project
>
>
>
>> On Mar 26, 2020, at 11:40 AM, Stanton, Karen <kstanton at losmedanos.edu <mailto:kstanton at losmedanos.edu>> wrote:
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>> Hi there;
>>
>> My campus just purchased 50 Chromebooks and we are about to set them up for student use. Please keep me in the loop for the instructions on that workaround.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Karen Stanton
>>
>> Los Medanos College
>> 2700 E. Leland Road, Room CO2-200
>> Pittsburg, CA 94565
>> (925) 473-7788
>> kstanton at losmedanos.edu <mailto:kstanton at losmedanos.edu>
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>> From: alice-teachers <alice-teachers-bounces+kstanton=losmedanos.edu at lists.andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+kstanton=losmedanos.edu at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>> On Behalf Of Donald Slater
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:27 AM
>> To: Alice Teachers <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>>
>> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice At Home
>>
>> ** Email from External Sender **
>> Denise,
>> Alice is a desktop app and does not run on any mobile platforms, including the ChromeBook.
>>
>> Soe have created a workaround which involves installing a linux emulator onto the ChromeBook. But it is not a trivial procedure, and probably beyond what I would expect a 6th grader to be able to do.
>>
>> I will send you that workaround if you are interested,
>>
>> I am sorry,
>> Don Slater
>>
>> Alice Project
>>
>>
>> On Mar 25, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Denise S <d.stanley at amsacs.org <mailto:d.stanley at amsacs.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am a sixth grade Computer Science teacher. I was just starting my Alice unit with the students when the virus hit.
>> Unfortunately a lot of my students use a chromebook at home.
>> Is there anyway for them to access Alice at home?
>> Sincerely,
>> Denise
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 3:01 PM Jan Bekkevold <jbekkevold at ransomeverglades.org <mailto:jbekkevold at ransomeverglades.org>> wrote:
>> Good Afternoon Eric,
>> Thank you so much for your email and initiative to help educators work with Alice virtually. I am definitely interested.My students are on spring break now and we will be starting Alice and continue for the remainder of the year next week. The only thing I have is some of the materials from the Duke coursera course with Susan Rodgers. I was on the pilot program this summer testing out the course.
>>
>> As I figure out how I plan to teach this topic and develop my lesson plans, I will be more than happy to share my ideas.
>> Thank you again,
>> Jan
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:40 PM Eric Brown <ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu>> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> First and foremost I hope you and your communities are all are staying safe. With the large efforts being done by educators to migrate teaching to virtual classrooms we wanted to see what we could do to help. A couple quick things that we hope you all could do to help us and each other:
>>
>> 1. If you are using Alice and migrated to a virtual classroom if you could share any approaches, tips, tricks, resources, or stories with the community that would be great! Just reply here to share or feel free to send our way direct and we can share it out.
>>
>> 2. We are thinking about starting weekly Alice Q and A’s or workshops for educators or even students on Alice. If you think this would be of interest to you please let us know so we can gauge interest and need. We are hosting a short basics of Alice via our local intermediary unity tomorrow that any are welcome to join (these are definitely targeted at educators): https://www.aiu3.net/Page/4914 <https://www.aiu3.net/Page/4914> and we will continue to keep our eyes out for other hosting online events for Alice to share with you all and definitely don’t be shy about sharing opportunities with this list.
>>
>> 3. If you or your students are continuing to work with Alice please share their work with us so we can connect everyone. You can send to us directly or through our facebook or twitter (#programWithAlice). We would very much be interested to hear if anyone is using Alice to challenge students to make worlds about social distancing or other social impact narratives.
>>
>> 4. We have had many inquiries about Alice and chrome books now that many students are limited to the home and their one to one chrome books. Unfortunately as many of you know Alice is a desktop Java application so this is not supported. We understand that this limits us for many but hope that it also helps those communities where internet connectivity may be a challenges we can we can fill another need.
>>
>> The Alice Team is here to help you, your parents, and your students. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us and this community with questions or ideas for how we can better serve you all.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Eric
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