alice-teacher Alice Institute for International participants
Don Slater
dslater at andrew.cmu.edu
Mon Apr 4 12:14:55 EDT 2011
Thank you for your interest…
I think you will gain much of value from the Alice 2.2 workshop. A few of the features of StoryTelling Alice have been incorporated into Alice 2.2, but more importantly, the underlying philosophy is very similar. Of course we will cover topics that may go beyond what you choose to explore with your students, but they may be useful for your understanding of the system.
We will also be happy and able to discuss specific questions you have about Storytelling in sidebar conversations.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
All the best,
Don Slater
On Apr 4, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Sonya Bahri wrote:
> I am teaching Story Telling Alice to Grade 8 students in New Delhi, India. I would like to know if I can enrol for the Alice Institute in June 2011? Would the Alice 2.2 workshop be helpful for me, since I have started my students on Story Telling Alice?
>
> Sonya Bahri
> Vasant Valley School
> New Delhi
> India
>
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> David,
> I also would greatly appreciate access to the materials you mentioned in your thread below. Thank you in advance!
> John Lacy
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> 4. exporting video (Valerie Pinkney)
> 5. Re: exporting video (Don Slater)
> 6. Re: exporting video (Marla Weston)
> 7. Re: exporting video (bedeus)
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> Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:09:19 -0400
> From: "RYAN METE" <RMETE at wcboe.org>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
> To: "Alice educators" <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
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> Hi David,
> I would love to have access to your resources as well. I've always
> taught C/C++ the "old school" way by teaching structured first then
> branching out into OOP in the second course, but now I'm using Alice in
> my intro course and I'm struggling a bit with the "objects first"
> approach...
> Thanks!
> Ryan
>
> Ryan J. Mete
> Computer Science
> Salisbury Middle School
> 410.677.5149 x4750
>
>>>> David Fenton <fenton at fdn.uq.edu.au> 3/31/2011 5:58 PM >>>
> G'day Deedee,
>
> I basically re-thought the whole teaching process based around
> object-oriented programming instead of structured programming. I based
> it heavily on the resources available from the Alice site, but put it
> all into my templates and teaching style. I deliver lectures each week
> which are followed up by worksheets that students must complete for
> homework (they get the answers from the lectures). We then have three
> follow-up practical classes where they must do specific tasks based
> around Alice. Sometimes I just get them to do an Alice tutorial, other
> times I give them complete instructions ... do this, do that, then do
> this etc. I can send you a copy of our teaching schedule if you are
> interested and some sample lectures, worksheets, tasks. We also get
> students to do a practical test in a 50 minutes session and offer them
> an opportunity to present a project demonstrating their skills. I
> haven't written the project specifications yet. We teach NS Diagrams as
> a planning method instead of flowcharts.
>
> Cheers
> David ???
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> Hi David,
> I would love to hear your ideas of how you rewrote the Visual Basic
> class. We are in the process of trying to update as well.
> Deedee
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> From: alice-teachers-bounces+deedee=dc3.edu at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+deedee=dc3.edu at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On
> Behalf Of David Fenton
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:33 PM
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> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
>
> Wow, I would love to attend, but I am in Brisbane Australia!
> <grin>When's a workshop to be schedule here?</grin> I have just
> completed six months of writing a course based around Alice to replace
> our ageing Visual Basic course for post-secondary students. I love
> Alice. It is already solving many issues regarding student focus and
> attention span!
>
> ===========================================================================
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> MACS) Information Technology Department UQ Foundation Year International
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> On Behalf Of Don Slater
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 March 2011 11:03 PM
> To: Alice Teachers
> Subject: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
>
> Carnegie Mellon will host the Alice Institute for interested high
> school and college instructors. This Institute will consist of two
> workshops. The first workshop will be focused on Alice 2.2 and will be
> held June 19 - June 24. Plan on arriving on Sunday, June 19, and
> departing Friday afternoon, June 24. This workshop will explore the
> Alice 2.2 programming environment as an effective and engaging tool to
> introduce students from middle school through college level to
> programming and Computer Science, perhaps in preparation for a CS 1
> course.
>
> The second workshop will be focused on Alice 3, and will be held June
> 26 - July 1. Plan on arriving on Sunday, June 26, and departing Friday
> afternoon, July 1. This workshop will explore the Alice 3 programming
> environment as an effective and engaging tool for students in a Computer
> Science 1 or Advanced Placement course in Java.
>
> Working with nationally recognized experts in Alice, a tool developed
> at Carnegie Mellon, teachers in both workshops will develop an
> understanding of Alice, and teaching methods suitable for presenting
> Alice in their own unique environment. The workshop is appropriate for
> any instructor who is considering or currently using Alice in a pre-CS1
> or CS1 course.
>
> You should note that there is a registration fee of $300, plus your
> housing and meals. More details and registration page can be found at:
>
> https://web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences/registration.taf?ID=2011alice
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Donald Slater
> Alice Team
> Carnegie Mellon University
> 5000 Forbes Avenue
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>
> Office phone: (412) 268-4370
>
> I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances
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> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:30:34 -0400
> From: Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> Subject: alice-teacher Alice Institute Registration Page
> To: Alice Teachers <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
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> For the Alice Institute Registration page, the buttons to select the workshop you are interested in attending are now active.
>
> Thank you to those who notified us about this not-so-minor problem.
>
> The link for the workshop information page:
>
> https://web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences/registration.taf?ID=2011alice
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> Have a good weekend,
>
> Don Slater
> Alice Team
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> 5000 Forbes Avenue
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> Office phone: (412) 268-4370
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> I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
> --- Henry David Thoreau
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:27:41 -0500
> From: "Herrera, Deedee" <deedee at dc3.edu>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
> To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
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> Hi David,
> Thank you for the explanation, great idea. I would love to have a copy of your teaching schedule and sample lectures, worksheets and tasks. Thank you for sharing.
> Deedee
>
>>>> David Fenton <fenton at fdn.uq.edu.au> 3/31/2011 5:58 PM >>>
> G'day Deedee,
>
> I basically re-thought the whole teaching process based around object-oriented programming instead of structured programming. I based it heavily on the resources available from the Alice site, but put it all into my templates and teaching style. I deliver lectures each week which are followed up by worksheets that students must complete for homework (they get the answers from the lectures). We then have three follow-up practical classes where they must do specific tasks based around Alice. Sometimes I just get them to do an Alice tutorial, other times I give them complete instructions ... do this, do that, then do this etc. I can send you a copy of our teaching schedule if you are interested and some sample lectures, worksheets, tasks. We also get students to do a practical test in a 50 minutes session and offer them an opportunity to present a project demonstrating their skills. I haven't written the project specifications yet. We teach NS Diagrams as a planning method inst!
> ead of flowcharts.
>
> Cheers
> David ???
> ===========================================================================
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> Information Technology Department
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> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 2:31 AM
> To: 'Alice educators'
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
>
> Hi David,
> I would love to hear your ideas of how you rewrote the Visual Basic class. We are in the process of trying to update as well.
> Deedee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alice-teachers-bounces+deedee=dc3.edu at lists.andrew.cmu.edu [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+deedee=dc3.edu at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of David Fenton
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:33 PM
> To: Alice educators
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
>
> Wow, I would love to attend, but I am in Brisbane Australia!
> <grin>When's a workshop to be schedule here?</grin> I have just completed six months of writing a course based around Alice to replace our ageing Visual Basic course for post-secondary students. I love Alice. It is already solving many issues regarding student focus and attention span!
>
> ===========================================================================
> David Fenton (DipTeach, BEd, TTC, GradDipComp, DipBusAdmin, MInfTech, MACS) Information Technology Department UQ Foundation Year International Education Services Ltd PO Box 989 Spring Hill QLD 4004
> Web: http://www.foundationyear.com/
> CRICOS No. 01697J
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alice-teachers-bounces+fenton=fdn.uq.edu.au at lists.andrew.cmu.edu [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+fenton=fdn.uq.edu.au at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Don Slater
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 March 2011 11:03 PM
> To: Alice Teachers
> Subject: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
>
> Carnegie Mellon will host the Alice Institute for interested high school and college instructors. This Institute will consist of two workshops. The first workshop will be focused on Alice 2.2 and will be held June 19 - June 24. Plan on arriving on Sunday, June 19, and departing Friday afternoon, June 24. This workshop will explore the Alice 2.2 programming environment as an effective and engaging tool to introduce students from middle school through college level to programming and Computer Science, perhaps in preparation for a CS 1 course.
>
> The second workshop will be focused on Alice 3, and will be held June 26 - July 1. Plan on arriving on Sunday, June 26, and departing Friday afternoon, July 1. This workshop will explore the Alice 3 programming environment as an effective and engaging tool for students in a Computer Science 1 or Advanced Placement course in Java.
>
> Working with nationally recognized experts in Alice, a tool developed at Carnegie Mellon, teachers in both workshops will develop an understanding of Alice, and teaching methods suitable for presenting Alice in their own unique environment. The workshop is appropriate for any instructor who is considering or currently using Alice in a pre-CS1 or CS1 course.
>
> You should note that there is a registration fee of $300, plus your housing and meals. More details and registration page can be found at:
>
> https://web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences/registration.taf?ID=2011alice
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Donald Slater
> Alice Team
> Carnegie Mellon University
> 5000 Forbes Avenue
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>
> Office phone: (412) 268-4370
>
> I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
> --- Henry David Thoreau
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:42:26 -0400
> From: Valerie Pinkney <vpinkney at wcpss.net>
> Subject: alice-teacher exporting video
> To: alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
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> How do you export the videos student make? Can you save them on a CD? I would like to send the endproduct with my national boards.
>
> Val Pinkney
> ESL Teacher
> East Millbrook Middle School
> IB/A+ magnet
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> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:57:35 -0400
> From: Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher exporting video
> To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
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> In the File menu of Alice 2.2, there is an option to "Export to video?"
>
> However, Export to movie has been "hit & miss" -- mostly because of problems with sound files not being easily integrated.
>
> Sound files need to be clipped to be the length actually played in the animation.
>
> For example, if a sound file is 1.5 minutes long but only 20 seconds is being played in the animation, Alice still loads the entire sound file, but the underlying operating system does not release the sound process when the animation finishes. (Alice has a hard time recognizing when an animation is over.)
>
> The end result is that when Quicktime is trying to record the captured video with the sound file, it is denied access to the sound file because the sound file is still open.
> This causes the whole process to go out of whack.
>
> The best fix is to edit the sound clip to the actual length of the animation. Then when it is finished playing it is released. This allows Quicktime access to the file during the recording phase.
>
> We have always recommended Audacity as a good open source sound editor, but there are other tools out there that will work as well.
>
> ---
>
> Any other thoughts / comments / questions?
>
>
> Don Slater
>
> On Apr 1, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Valerie Pinkney wrote:
>
>> How do you export the videos student make? Can you save them on a CD? I would like to send the endproduct with my national boards.
>>
>> Val Pinkney
>> ESL Teacher
>> East Millbrook Middle School
>> IB/A+ magnet
>> _______________________________________________
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:45:45 -0700
> From: Marla Weston <weston at cs.camosun.bc.ca>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher exporting video
> To: alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Message-ID: <4D964789.5020908 at cs.camosun.bc.ca>
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>
> I use Camtasia (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/) to capture completed
> student work. Unfortunately, it is not open source. However, there is a
> complete 30 day trial version, and the educational pricing is not bad
> (approx $200).
>
> The nice thing about Camtasia is that you can select any number of
> output formats including "iPad", "web", "wav" and others. I have also
> used it to edit both the video and sound if I want just a small clip to
> embed in a presentation.
>
> Marla Weston PhD
> Computer Science Department
> Camosun College
> Victoria, B.C.
> Canada
>
> On 01/04/2011 12:57 PM, Don Slater wrote:
>> In the File menu of Alice 2.2, there is an option to "Export to video?"
>>
>> However, Export to movie has been "hit& miss" -- mostly because of problems with sound files not being easily integrated.
>>
>> Sound files need to be clipped to be the length actually played in the animation.
>>
>> For example, if a sound file is 1.5 minutes long but only 20 seconds is being played in the animation, Alice still loads the entire sound file, but the underlying operating system does not release the sound process when the animation finishes. (Alice has a hard time recognizing when an animation is over.)
>>
>> The end result is that when Quicktime is trying to record the captured video with the sound file, it is denied access to the sound file because the sound file is still open.
>> This causes the whole process to go out of whack.
>>
>> The best fix is to edit the sound clip to the actual length of the animation. Then when it is finished playing it is released. This allows Quicktime access to the file during the recording phase.
>>
>> We have always recommended Audacity as a good open source sound editor, but there are other tools out there that will work as well.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Any other thoughts / comments / questions?
>>
>>
>> Don Slater
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Valerie Pinkney wrote:
>>
>>> How do you export the videos student make? Can you save them on a CD? I would like to send the endproduct with my national boards.
>>>
>>> Val Pinkney
>>> ESL Teacher
>>> East Millbrook Middle School
>>> IB/A+ magnet
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> alice-teachers mailing list
>>> alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
>>> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:05:35 -0600
> From: "bedeus" <bedeus at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher exporting video
> To: "'Alice educators'" <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
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> I use screenr because it is a free web app. The quality isn't that bad and
> you can download as an mp4.
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> Behalf Of Marla Weston
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 3:46 PM
> To: alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher exporting video
>
> I use Camtasia (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/) to capture completed
> student work. Unfortunately, it is not open source. However, there is a
> complete 30 day trial version, and the educational pricing is not bad
> (approx $200).
>
> The nice thing about Camtasia is that you can select any number of
> output formats including "iPad", "web", "wav" and others. I have also
> used it to edit both the video and sound if I want just a small clip to
> embed in a presentation.
>
> Marla Weston PhD
> Computer Science Department
> Camosun College
> Victoria, B.C.
> Canada
>
> On 01/04/2011 12:57 PM, Don Slater wrote:
>> In the File menu of Alice 2.2, there is an option to "Export to video."
>>
>> However, Export to movie has been "hit& miss" -- mostly because of
> problems with sound files not being easily integrated.
>>
>> Sound files need to be clipped to be the length actually played in the
> animation.
>>
>> For example, if a sound file is 1.5 minutes long but only 20 seconds is
> being played in the animation, Alice still loads the entire sound file, but
> the underlying operating system does not release the sound process when the
> animation finishes. (Alice has a hard time recognizing when an animation is
> over.)
>>
>> The end result is that when Quicktime is trying to record the captured
> video with the sound file, it is denied access to the sound file because the
> sound file is still open.
>> This causes the whole process to go out of whack.
>>
>> The best fix is to edit the sound clip to the actual length of the
> animation. Then when it is finished playing it is released. This allows
> Quicktime access to the file during the recording phase.
>>
>> We have always recommended Audacity as a good open source sound editor,
> but there are other tools out there that will work as well.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Any other thoughts / comments / questions?
>>
>>
>> Don Slater
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Valerie Pinkney wrote:
>>
>>> How do you export the videos student make? Can you save them on a CD? I
> would like to send the endproduct with my national boards.
>>>
>>> Val Pinkney
>>> ESL Teacher
>>> East Millbrook Middle School
>>> IB/A+ magnet
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> An "Alice Workshop for Educators" will be held Monday, July 25, through Friday, July 29, 2011 at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
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> The goal of the workshop is to train educators in effectively using the Alice 2.2 programming environment at the secondary and post-secondary education levels. Participants who successfully complete the workshop will earn 29.5 CPE credits.
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> I would like to get the maerials as well on the subject. What do I need to
> do?
> Thanks in advance.
> I cannot access anythin on the CMu when I log in.
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