<div dir="ltr">Hi Edward,<div>Yes, I have successfully used Alice 2.2 with Special Education students. I try to pair them with regular education students when possible. Sometimes in class I have an Adult Aide which I would recommend, if you can get one. The Special Ed students do not do as much work, since they need more time to understand concepts, but they do benefit from doing programming. Also, some of the students become very frustrated because it is so detailed oriented. I also provide additional help when they have to storyboard and then create their game. I teach and reteach them the skills they need to create their own game. Also, some of my students who work in Alice 3.1 watch the YouTube movies posted, while they are in Alice, to help them remember how to do methods, etc. Once I had one student who could not understand the concepts, so he was assigned an alternative project.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that helps.</div><div>Take care,</div><div>Susan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Don Slater <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dslater@andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">dslater@andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">See the request below:<div><br></div><div>Don</div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">"Fisher, Edward S." <<a href="mailto:EFisher@neptune.k12.nj.us" target="_blank">EFisher@neptune.k12.nj.us</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Alice and Special Education</b><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">November 22, 2013 at 9:05:26 AM EST<br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">"'Don Slater'" <<a href="mailto:dslater@andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">dslater@andrew.cmu.edu</a>><br>
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<div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Don Could you post this on the Listserv?<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Does anyone have any experience using Alice with Special Education students?<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If so, would you be willing to share them with me?<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Edward S. Fisher</span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
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