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I'm signed up for this conference and looking forward to learning Alice.
I plan to integrate it into my middle school curriculum next year. Is
there anything I can or should be doing in preparation for the
conference?<br>
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Susan Stein<br>
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<font color="#9FA2A5"><span style="padding-left:6px">May 7, 2014 at
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font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">June 28th-July 2th, Carnegie
Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA</span><div><font color="#333333" face="lucida
grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:
14px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></div><div><font
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;
line-height: 20px;"><font color="#333333" face="lucida grande, tahoma,
verdana, arial, sans-serif">Carnegie Mellon will host an Alice 2.4
Institute for middle/high school and college instructors. Alice,an
innovative 3D programming environment developed at Carnegie Mellon
University, is designed as an instructional tool for teaching and
learning computational thinking and introductory programming concepts. </font></span><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px;
font-size: 14px; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial,
sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">With Alice, students learn
fundamental programming concept</span><span style="display: inline;
color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana,
arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="text_exposed_show">s in the context of
creating animations, videos, and simple games. </span></div><div><span
style="display: inline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida
grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
class="text_exposed_show"><br>Alice 2.4 features a new set of 3D models
from the Garfield® comics, courtesy of Paws, Inc. This workshop will
explore the Alice 2.4 programming environment as an effective and
engaging tool to introduce students in middle school through first-year
college to fundamental programming concepts and Computer Science. We
will also explore how Alice 2.4 can be used in multidisciplinary K-12
classroom settings.</span><div><span style="display: inline; color:
rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; background-color:
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grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"
class="text_exposed_show">This workshop will be presented by nationally
recognized curriculum experts in Alice.</span></div></div><div><span
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