alice-teacher Relese

[Don Slater]

Yes, we are anticipating an update to Alice 2.2 in the first week of August, at the latest.

Don Slater
 
On Jul 21, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Rikki Fletcher wrote:

> 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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