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<p>I am currently using Learning Java though Alice 3 by Tebring Daly and Eileen Wrigley. I have block scheduling with hour and a half classes and most students remain engaged all period, every period. I have never been so pleased with a text. Just as I think
"Oh, I wish they would teach the students this" the topic comes up in the next lesson. The students are able to perform self-paced lessons and I am able to do small group instruction just to make sure they are understanding what they are accomplishing.<br>
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<p>I am so pleased with Alice and the transition to Java with Netbeans and the Alice Plug in. I have a wide range of students and believe that this an engaging way to bring coding to all students.<br>
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<p>Cynthia Thibault<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 17, 2017 2:17 PM<br>
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<p>Thanks Don!</p>
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<p>I think I can use this code to control the game. I was not able to find anything like this by browsing YouTube videos.
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<p>Can you recommend a textbook for Alice 3.x? Looks like I will be teaching middle school students again next year. I currently teach 2.4 on the Community College level.</p>
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<p>My goal is to teach K-12 teachers how to use Alice in the classroom. Working with these middle school students is a great way to learn about the needs of k-12 teachers. I tried to get into the Duke training in North Carolina last year, but was placed on
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<p>By the way, I do read every thread that is included in the educator's list. Thanks Don for moderating this list, it is very useful. I don't know what we would do without it or you!!!!!</p>
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Vicky<br>
Yvonne Pigatt, Assistant Professor<br>
Computer Science/Information Technology<br>
The Community College of Baltimore County<br>
443-840-2835|443-840-5035 fax |ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu<br>
CCBC. The incredible value of education.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 17, 2017 1:08 PM<br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Yvonne,
<div>I am glad the videos were helpful… </div>
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<div>Recursion is one possibility, but the memory overhead might eventually cause Alice to crash…</div>
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<div>I put this video together demonstrating a SimpleGame Control loop which might be helpful… Please let me know if you have any questions…</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2332970/SimpleGameControl.mp4" target="_blank">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2332970/SimpleGameControl.mp4</a></div>
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<div>All the best,</div>
<div>Don Slater</div>
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<div>On Mar 16, 2017, at 10:23 PM, Pigatt, Yvonne <<a href="mailto:ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu" target="_blank">ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">Thank you Don for your quick response. We will be polishing up our code this weekend and this information will be very useful.</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">Do you have a video that can show us how to restart a procedure in a game. If a user clicks on a wrong answer, how can we start the procedure again. I guess we can use recursion? We are using Alice 3.x.</div>
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Vicky<br>
Yvonne Pigatt, Assistant Professor<br>
Computer Science/Information Technology<br>
The Community College of Baltimore County<br>
443-840-2835|443-840-5035 fax |<a href="mailto:ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu" target="_blank">ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu</a><br>
CCBC. The incredible value of education.<br>
The only way to do great work is to love what you do..Steve Jobs</div>
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<div>Yvonne,
<div>It would be very difficult to export / import methods that belong to the Scene class into other projects.</div>
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<div>However, if the methods belong to an object (such as the ClownFish) or the Fish class, then that class can be exported and imported into other projects… See the following video demonstrations:</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXhZZMZawis&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXhZZMZawis&feature=youtu.be</a> - a summary video</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaNqDdHmvho&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaNqDdHmvho&feature=youtu.be</a> - focus on export</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XprEvcqjgY&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XprEvcqjgY&feature=youtu.be</a> - focus on import</div>
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<div>If you build the mouse-click listener with if statements than different events can be triggered, depending on what is clicked on…</div>
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<div>See the following video:</div>
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<div>(Keypress events start at the 6:50 mark, but it may be useful to view the entire video).</div>
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<div>If you have not covered the if statement in your course, another way to do this would be to </div>
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<li>add the mouse-click event<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </li><li>click on the details button, and select Set of Visuals<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>
</li><li>from SetOfVisuals, click on Custom Array…<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>
</li><li>In the Custom Array Dialog box, add the object or objects that you want to respond to that particular mouse event.</li></ol>
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<div>See this video demo:</div>
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<div>Please let us know if you have any other questions…</div>
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<div>All the best,</div>
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<div>On Mar 16, 2017, at 12:37 AM, Pigatt, Yvonne <<a href="mailto:ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu" target="_blank">ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">I am working on a middle school project and have run into some problems.</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">Can Alice 3.x procedures be imported into other Alice 3.x projects?</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">I am trying to combine code from four different students into one project. Can there be multiple mouse click event listeners that initiate different events?</div>
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Yvonne Pigatt, Assistant Professor<br>
Computer Science/Information Technology<br>
The Community College of Baltimore County<br>
443-840-2835|443-840-5035 fax |<a href="mailto:ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu" target="_blank">ypigatt@ccbcmd.edu</a><br>
CCBC. The incredible value of education.<br>
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