alice-teacher Alice workshop and tutorial at CCSCNE 2011

[EILEEN PELUSO]

For those who might not be able to make it SIGCSE, below is a
description of a workshop and tutorial that I'll be giving at CCSCNE
2011 (www.ccscne.org) which will be held at Western New England College,
Springfield, MA on April 15-16, 2011.  (The workshop and tutorial will
be on Friday April 15th.)  As noted in the abstract, the primary
audience is middle school and high school technology teachers and
college professors interested in using Alice in a course for
non-majors.
 

ABSTRACT:  Carnegie Mellon's Alice is a freely downloadable teaching
tool that uses 3D graphics to create a fun and engaging first
programming experience.  Incorporating a unit using Alice in an
applications, graphical art, or web design course will introduce
students to fundamental programming concepts and hopefully interest a
diverse group of students in taking additional coursework in computing. 
Participants in this hands-on workshop/tutorial sequence who have no
Alice experience will learn the Alice 2.2 environment, and all
participants will leave with materials for a 2-week instructional unit
in Alice 2.2.  As participants work through the unit materials,
pedagogical considerations will be presented and discussed.  
 
The primary audience for the workshop and tutorial sequence is middle
school and high school technology teachers and college professors
interested in using Alice in a course for non-majors.  With that said,
anyone simply wanting to learn Alice will enjoy the workshop and
tutorial.  No previous experience with Alice is needed; however,
participants with knowledge of Alice will find value in the unit
materials and other pedagogical aspects of the workshop.  The workshop
stands on its own; tutorial participants should either attend the
workshop or have some familiarity with Alice.
 
Each participant will receive a hard copy and the link to a soft copy
of lesson plans, handouts, and rubrics for four structured activities
and a lesson plan and rubric for a fifth, open-ended activity, all using
Alice.  Additionally, one general information handout and two
tips-and-tricks handouts will be included.  The soft copy will also
include completed activities and additional sample Alice
worlds/programs.
 
Eileen M. Peluso, PhD
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA  17701
pelusoem at lycoming.edu

>>> On 2/23/2011 at 7:57 AM, in message
<686D6385-2A8A-4679-85BD-24D49A09B9F3 at andrew.cmu.edu>, Don Slater
<dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

I am sorry, I forgot to include the link to the SIGCSE 2011 web site in
my message describing the conference.

Here it is: http://www.sigcse.org/sigcse2011/

Later,
Don Slater

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