I use Alice with grades 7,8, & 9. <div><br></div><div>In grade 7 I use various tutorials, some self created, a lot from Duke U, and some from CMU workshops and textbook. They work through the tutorials as self study with me there to answer questions, point out CS concepts etc. After they have completed a 4 part Princess and Dragon story, they begin to create stories of their own, writing story boards and pseudo code. After that they return to the tutorials to learn specific topics like functions, changing scenes, etc. Then another create your own project incorporating those newly learned objectives.</div>
<div><br></div>Sometimes it can get quite chaotic with 20 students all of different levels of competency and pace, but I get better results when I don't drag them along or slow them down. It also allows for customization within the same concepts. I use an excel spreadsheet to keep track of everything.<div>
<br></div><div>Once the student is in 8th grade, we continue to build off of what we learned in Alice the previous year. Now the tutorials and projects are bigger and more complex. </div><div><br></div><div>In 9th grade we switch over to Alice 3. Here again I use a combination of self study and directed study. Once we switch over and introduce Netbeans and Java it becomes more directed. </div>
<div><br></div><div><div><br>On Friday, February 7, 2014, Bryant Lazenby <<a href="mailto:lazenbyb@sedalia.k12.mo.us">lazenbyb@sedalia.k12.mo.us</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I am interested in this information as well. Currently, my high schoolers work through Alice as an independent study course. But I would like to know what everyone else does as well. <br>
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On Feb 7, 2014, at 4:37 PM, "Kelly Cockrell" <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kcockrell@themeadowsschool.org');" target="_blank">kcockrell@themeadowsschool.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="georgia, serif">I teach Alice to 7th graders as part of a computer coding class. </font>
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<div><font face="georgia, serif">I am curious to hear from other middle/highschool teachers about how you teach with Alice. Do you have kids work through lessons as self-study? Do you walk through the lessons with them step-by-step on a smart board? Do they
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<div><font face="georgia, serif">Any information is very much appreciated. </font></div>
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<div><font face="georgia, serif">Thanks so much,</font></div>
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