<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Margaret, <div class="">You may reply to me off-line if you prefer. I am curious about the comment that Alice 3 “… can confuse students if they plan to take the Computer Science AP exam in High School.” I am a consultant for the AP Computer Science Exam, and Alice 3 was specifically designed to be used by students who would be learning Java in future programming classes, including the AP Computer Science course.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you,</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 19, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Tamara Mazza via alice-teachers <<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" class="">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I am a Middle School Teacher who only uses Alice 2. I was instructed that using Alice 3, although more fun, can confuse students if they plan to take the Computer Science AP exam in High School. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So with that information I only teach Alice 2. Have Fun!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Margaret Meijers via alice-teachers <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank" class="">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Carolyn<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So not for any sound educational reasons at all, just what I started with, so have stayed with!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class="">Margaret</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Carolyn Thomas via alice-teachers <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu" target="_blank" class="">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b class="">Sent:</b> Monday, January 18, 2016 3:40 PM<br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">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" class="">alice.mmls.com.au</a>
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