<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div>I am currently teaching a programming class in lab that has MAC desktops with the option to switch between the MAC operating system to the Windows side. My students had issues with the animations working correctly and some had the scenes actually freeze after they put in "do together" commands on the MAC side. It seemed to work better on the Windows side, but overall, Alice 3 feels a little buggy to me. Is there something that I should know as far as the version of Java to use or certain requirements that would make this program run smoothly? Should we only be using it on a Windows platform? I am now hesitant to use it for my next semester since we had so many issues.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Dianne</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Margaret Meijers via alice-teachers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">alice-teachers@lists.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 dir="ltr">Hi Carolyn<div><br></div><div>Really the only reason we use Alice 3 instead of 2 is that I first started using Alice around the time Alice 3 appeared with the Sims characters. My students at the time looked at both Alice 2 and 3, and really wanted to go with Alice 3 because they had a lot more scope for making better looking animations. I think at the time I also thought that Alice 3 was an upgrade for Alice 2, so that was what we used. </div><div><br></div><div>So not for any sound educational reasons at all, just what I started with, so have stayed with!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Margaret</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Carolyn Thomas via alice-teachers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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<p>Margaret - thanks! I just started an all girls class. Curious why you use Alice 3 instead of Alice 2. </p>
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7th/8th Grade Science Teacher<br>
Wildwood Middle School<br>
1209 Shenandoah Junction Road<br>
Shenandoah Junction, WV 25442<br>
<a href="tel:304-728-4518" value="+13047284518" target="_blank">304-728-4518</a><br>
Classroom Website: <a href="http://boe.jeff.k12.wv.us/thomas" title="http://boe.jeff.k12.wv.us/thomas Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'" target="_blank">http://boe.jeff.k12.wv.us/thomas</a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></i></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> alice-teachers <alice-teachers-bounces+c.r.thomas=<a href="mailto:k12.wv.us@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">k12.wv.us@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>> on behalf of Margaret Meijers via alice-teachers <<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>><br>
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<div dir="ltr">I run online and face to face courses in Alice 3 for girls aged 10-14 years, and over time have developed a bank of materials that I use in my courses. I have placed them on a website and thought that they may be of use to other teachers or
students. They can be accessed from <a href="http://alice.mmls.com.au" target="_blank">alice.mmls.com.au</a>
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<div>As the site is only new, there may be errors/problems that I have missed. Please feel free to contact me off list if you notice any bugs or things that need to be improved or made more clear on the site.</div>
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