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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi,<br><br>I've been working with a visually challenged student to create an interactive story. The story is a native culture one with animal characters that do not exist in the Alice character model library. <br><br>Just looking for some advice before I get started, and I know this is extreme, but is it possible to create my own 3D characters for Alice in something like 3D Studio Max?<br><br>If anyone has any advice whatsoever, it would be appreciated.<br><br>Patrick <br><br> <br> <br> <br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:28:34 -0400<br>From: susan@susanstein.org<br>To: alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu<br>Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice 2 Workshop -- Introduction To Alice<br><br>
Hi all<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
Susan Stein<br>
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<div style="" class="ecx__pbConvHr"><div style="display:table;width:100%;border-top:1px solid #EDEEF0;padding-top:5px;"> <div style="display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:6px;"><img src="cid:part1.05070700.00050706@susanstein.org" height="25px" width="25px"></div> <div style="display:table-cell;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;width:100%;">
<a href="mailto:djslater107@gmail.com" style="color:#737F92 !important;padding-right:6px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none !important;">Don Slater</a></div> <div style="display:table-cell;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;">
<font color="#9FA2A5"><span style="padding-left:6px;">May 7, 2014 at
8:15 AM</span></font></div></div></div>
<div style="color:#888888;" class="ecx__pbConvBody"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(51, 51, 51);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 color="#333333" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:20px;">Registration Page: <a href="https://web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences/registration.taf?ID=2014alice" target="_blank">https://web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences/registration.taf?ID=2014alice</a></span><br></span></font><div><br></div><div><span 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="ecxtext_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="ecxtext_exposed_show"><br>Alice 2.4 features a new set of 3D models
from the GarfieldŽ 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:rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ecxtext_exposed_show"><br></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="ecxtext_exposed_show">This workshop will be presented by nationally
recognized curriculum experts in Alice.</span></div></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="ecxtext_exposed_show"><br></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="ecxtext_exposed_show"><img src="cid:part2.06080502.00060609@susanstein.org" id="ecx978CFB09-9B63-4577-9BD6-84E89D1A005C" height="869" width="670"></span></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br>alice-teachers
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