alice-teacher Application not configured correctly

[Hostrander, Joanne]

Hello!
Would you share these casts with us here at Lycoming if OK with Dr. Peluso?
Thank you,
Joanne

Joanne Hostrander, RN,BS,MSHA,PhD.
Board Certified
Clinical Education Specialist
Nursing Administration
Susquehanna Health System
777 Rural Avenue
Williamsport, PA  17701
570-321-2045
e-mail:  jhostrander at susquehannahealth.org

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From: alice-teachers-bounces+jhostrander=susquehannahealth.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+jhostrander=susquehannahealth.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Guenther
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:48 AM
To: Alice educators
Subject: Re: alice-teacher Application not configured correctly

We have just switched over to a new Mac lab and it turns out to be super easy to make screencasts.  I have found nothing as helpful as these have been.  I tend to make several a day for all my classes (Python, Java, and Processing being used in the other classes).  I used to show the class a demo, showing them just enough to get them started, and then let them try to figure out the rest using problem solving techniques and algorithms.  The only problem was that this was too much like the old "shotgun" approach, and most of the work and learning occurred afterward, as individual students worked at their own individual paces.  Having screencasts available has eliminated many of the questions like "how did you make the arrow key move the camera?"  I just point them towards the screencast.  I'm also really lucky to have a bilingual aide this semester, so now my screencasts are available in both English and Spanish.  Having ELL newcomers in my class has never been easier.

That said, screencasts are large files.  I'm lucky to have Remote Desktop so I can just transfer them to each student or the entire class as necessary.  I wouldn't mind releasing all of these somewhere, but I spend more time teaching and making them than I want to spend uploading them somewhere.  Still, if there's a good site for this (creative commons licensed) I'd be willing to put all of them up there.  Heck the one on "How to Export a Video in Alice 2.2" has alone saved me a ton of time this semester.  :-)

Richard


On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Ella Glazer <ella.glazer at gmail.com<mailto:ella.glazer at gmail.com>> wrote:
I use handouts.  I have a classroom set of texts but have not used them.

Ella Glazer
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Mary Barnes <1320barnes at gmail.com<mailto:1320barnes at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi:
I'm beginning to teach Alice 2.2 to juniors and seniors this week.  It's loaded and working well except for on 2 computers.  I've reloaded 3 or 4 times a couple of different ways ( from our server and again from the website download directly).  IT will launch if I go to the 'If Alice Fails Try This' but can I use that as a long term solution for these 2 computers?  We are running XP.  I've posted this to the forum and didn't get much response other than making the desktop shortcut point to the 'If Alice Fails" executable, which I guess I can do but I didn't think I should do that regularly.

Also, I have one textbook but couldn't afford to buy any for my students.  Any of you teaching without the textbook?

Richard Guenther
Computer Science
Skyline High School
600 E Mtn Ave.
Longmont CO 80501
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