alice-teacher Relese

[Rikki Fletcher]

Is an updated version of 2.2 expected to be released this summer?
Thanks.

> Yes
 When Alice 3 comes out of beta, it will still not be in a form that
> we could recommend it as a replacement for Alice 2.2. We believe that work
> will need to be done on the UI, providing a more Alice 2.2 experience,
> before that can happen.
>
> Perhaps it might be helpful to think of Alice 3 as not being the new
> version of Alice, replacing version Alice 2.2, but as the next level of
> Alice. If Alice 2.2 is targeting a user base for students in an
> introductory program that does not require being able to write Java code
> at the end of the course, then Alice 3 is currently targeting an audience
> in which the students will be expected to create Java, non-Alice programs,
> at the end of the course.
>
> I hope that this helps.
>
> Don Slater
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2011, at 5:09 PM, Fisher, Edward S. wrote:
>
>> Don:
>>
>> Does this mean that there will be two versions of Alice once 3.0 leaves
>> beta?
>>
>> Edward S. Fisher
>> Teacher of Mathematics and Computer Science
>> Webmaster
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>> On Behalf Of Don Slater [dslater at andrew.cmu.edu]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:34 PM
>> To: Alice educators
>> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Relese
>>
>> I would recommend Alice 2.2. There are many more support materials,
>> including several different textbooks. I am also assuming that you are
>> not expecting your students to be able to write very much, if any, Java
>> code at the end of your course. Alice 3 is still specifically targeted
>> at those courses in which students will start with Alice, but by the end
>> of the course, they should be able to write Java (non-Alice) programs.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Don Slater
>>
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Eleanor Toich wrote:
>>
>>> If someone is getting started with Alice which version should they
>>> begin
>>> with?
>>>
>>> Eleanor Toich
>>
>> <snip>
>>
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