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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>I use the information in the link (I hope it is still available) when I am presenting the programming concepts to teachers in workshops and in-service sessions. Students today are motivated by seeing instant results in whatever they do. Alice affords them to "see" what they have done each step of the way. In my case, I likened it to learning a foreign language. When I was in school, it was the worst of all experiences...for I had to struggle through tenses and conjugations before I could even complete a sentence. Alice allows things to begin to happen without the constraints of commas, brackets, indentations, formats, etc. The student can see immediately what works, as well as what doesn't. The success of completion of a storyboard encourages them to go further</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=rgb(28,78,19)>-----Original Message----- <BR>>From: alice-teachers-request@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>>Sent: Mar 20, 2013 12:01 PM <BR>>To: alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>>Subject: alice-teachers Digest, Vol 32, Issue 13 <BR>> <BR>>Send alice-teachers mailing list submissions to <BR>> alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>> <BR>>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <BR>> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers <BR>>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <BR>> alice-teachers-request@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>> <BR>>You can reach the person managing the list at <BR>> alice-teachers-owner@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>> <BR>>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific <BR>>than "Re: Contents of alice-teachers digest..." <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>Today's Topics: <BR>> <BR>> 1. Re: Scientific article (Marty Reyes) <BR>> 2. Re: Scientific article (fulvio portalupi) <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR>> <BR>>Message: 1 <BR>>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:16:52 -0400 <BR>>From: Marty Reyes <MARTYREYES2000@GMAIL.COM><BR>>Subject: Re: alice-teacher Scientific article <BR>>To: Alice educators <ALICE-TEACHERS@LISTS.ANDREW.CMU.EDU><BR>>Message-ID: <BR>> <CAGRIN1G65 AZwFUbgAT8b40bv="NHiD2Msz6KUuTUjGXAFjKtCg@mail.gmail.com"><BR>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" <BR>> <BR>>Greetings, <BR>> <BR>>I'm Marty Reyes and we found this site as we feel it's important too. <BR>> <BR>>http://www.code.org <BR>> <BR>>Code.org is a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer <BR>>programming education. <BR>>It has a wealth of resources on this topic as well as links to tutorials <BR>>and lots of information on Coding for kids. There is an awesome video that <BR>>discusses the issues too. <BR>> <BR>>Marty Reyes <BR>>Homeschooler <BR>>Holland, MI USA <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Marco Giroto <GIROTO@GMAIL.COM>wrote: <BR>> <BR>>> Dear all, <BR>>> <BR>>> I would like to know if someone know a Scientific article about the <BR>>> benefits of programming for kids. <BR>>> <BR>>> Thanks. <BR>>> <BR>>> _______________________________________________ <BR>>> alice-teachers mailing list <BR>>> alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>>> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>-------------- next part -------------- <BR>>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... <BR>>URL: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/alice-teachers/attachments/20130320/64fdaa23/attachment-0001.html <BR>> <BR>>------------------------------ <BR>> <BR>>Message: 2 <BR>>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:10:00 0100 <BR>>From: fulvio portalupi <FULVIO.PORTALUPI@GMAIL.COM><BR>>Subject: Re: alice-teacher Scientific article <BR>>To: Alice educators <ALICE-TEACHERS@LISTS.ANDREW.CMU.EDU><BR>>Message-ID: <BR>> <CAPZ9LKQYSHVCM1NK-4QOEVJQJ=NCPUDKTIOIE6BVPJ3FPGCGMG@MAIL.GMAIL.COM><BR>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" <BR>> <BR>>thank you, http://coderdojo.com/ this is interesting too :) <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>2013/3/20 Marty Reyes <MARTYREYES2000@GMAIL.COM><BR>> <BR>>> Greetings, <BR>>> <BR>>> I'm Marty Reyes and we found this site as we feel it's important too. <BR>>> <BR>>> http://www.code.org <BR>>> <BR>>> Code.org is a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer <BR>>> programming education. <BR>>> It has a wealth of resources on this topic as well as links to tutorials <BR>>> and lots of information on Coding for kids. There is an awesome video that <BR>>> discusses the issues too. <BR>>> <BR>>> Marty Reyes <BR>>> Homeschooler <BR>>> Holland, MI USA <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Marco Giroto <GIROTO@GMAIL.COM>wrote: <BR>>> <BR>>>> Dear all, <BR>>>> <BR>>>> I would like to know if someone know a Scientific article about the <BR>>>> benefits of programming for kids. <BR>>>> <BR>>>> Thanks. <BR>>>> <BR>>>> _______________________________________________ <BR>>>> alice-teachers mailing list <BR>>>> alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>>>> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers <BR>>>> <BR>>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> _______________________________________________ <BR>>> alice-teachers mailing list <BR>>> alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>>> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>-- <BR>>saluti <BR>>Fulvio Portalupi <BR>>-------------- next part -------------- <BR>>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... <BR>>URL: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/alice-teachers/attachments/20130320/c87ee5d4/attachment-0001.html <BR>> <BR>>------------------------------ <BR>> <BR>>_______________________________________________ <BR>>alice-teachers mailing list <BR>>alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu <BR>>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>End of alice-teachers Digest, Vol 32, Issue 13 <BR>>********************************************** <BR></FONT></P></BODY>