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Hi Donald,<br>
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Just wanted to say that a "switch" structure generally works best with<br>
some form of a "break" for each possible choice within the code
block... <br>
But, break just doesn't fit well with our emphasis on fundamental<br>
concepts and building an intuitive sense of objecta and Object Oriented
Programming. <br>
<br>
So, we have avoided the switch... even though I must admit it is a cool
<br>
code block and one that I really like to use in a Programming Languages<br>
course as a way to discuss programming language similarities and
differences <br>
with more advanced students.<br>
<br>
btw -- great question. <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
<br>
Wanda<br>
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On 3/5/14, 2:38 PM, Donald Cook wrote:
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style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">saw this question and
wondered if an implementation of switch would be better in this case?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Best Regards<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 5 March 2014 17:17, Don Slater <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word;">Neil,
<div>If I understand you correctly, using embedding an if-else
inside of an if or an else by dragging and dropping is the only way
that this is possible in Alice. Are you suggesting that a drop down
menu option might be useful here?</div>
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<div>Later,</div>
<div>Don Slater</div>
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<div>On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Neil Ascione <<a
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target="_blank">neil.ascione@pequannock.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Don!
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<div>Hope all is well! </div>
<div><br>
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<div>I'm very new to the Alice interface and trying to implement
an Extended If</div>
<div>ie:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>if (intChoice == 0)</div>
<div> name = "Fred"</div>
<div>else if (intChoice ==1)</div>
<div> name = "Ed"</div>
<div>else if (intChoice == 2)</div>
<div> name = "Ned"</div>
<div>else</div>
<div> name = "Johnson"<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I may very well be missing something obvious - but I only
see drag and drop functionality for an if-else. I can embed those, but
is there another way to do this?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>Neil</div>
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LaShonda,<br>
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I'm just getting started with the text "Learning Java Through Alice" by<br>
Tebring Daly and Eileen Wrigley, ISBN 9781491073933. Using the NetBeans<br>
Alive plugin, students can import programs created in Alice 3.1 into the<br>
NetBeans IDE. They can then examine and modify the code directly in<br>
NetBeans. The text guides the student through the process while also<br>
introducing Java programming.<br>
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This is the only text I found that combines Alice 3.1 programming with<br>
Java. I am quite excited about the possibilities this provides for the<br>
small class of high school seniors in the course.<br>
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Gilbert<br>
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On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:02 PM, LaShonda Torbert <<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> I was just wondering if anyone uses a textbook with Alice. If you
do, what<br>
> are your recommendations for a textbook? If you don?t use a
textbook, are<br>
> there other resources that you use?<br>
><br>
> I will be teaching a class for the first time, and I?m just
curious about<br>
> what other teachers do for Alice at the high school level. I had a
class<br>
> that used Alice in college that didn?t use a textbook, and we were
fine<br>
> with just the teacher?s notes.<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
> LaShonda<br>
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> LaShonda Torbert<br>
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>I was just wondering if anyone uses a textbook with Alice. If you
do, what<br>
>are your recommendations for a textbook? If you don?t use a
textbook, are<br>
>there other resources that you use?<br>
><br>
>I will be teaching a class for the first time, and I?m just curious
about<br>
>what other teachers do for Alice at the high school level. I had a
class<br>
>that used Alice in college that didn?t use a textbook, and we were
fine<br>
>with just the teacher?s notes.<br>
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Learning to Program with Alice, 3rd Ed. is an excellent resource. I'm<br>
hoping they are coming out with 4th Ed. soon... It provides good<br>
instruction on how to program using Alice and has many opportunities for<br>
practice and understanding. Along with the tutorials provided on Duke's<br>
website, I've managed to fill 3/4 of the year so far.<br>
<br>
I am reviewing several books for the Alice 3, but not found one I like
for<br>
everything. May need to combine with a JAVA programming text to fill an<br>
entire year.<br>
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