alice-teacher Alice At Home

Thu Mar 26 18:14:49 EDT 2020

Thank you very much.
This may be a little too much for them.
I am looking into alternatives myself.
It is too bad. My students really enjoy this unit.

Thank you,
Denise Stanley
Grade 6 Computer Science Teacher
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School
Marlborough, MA 01752

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:33 AM Donald Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> 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> 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> 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>
>> 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 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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>>
>> --
>>
>> Jan Bekkevold
>> Computer Science and Mathematics Faculty
>>
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>
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