alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU

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On May 8, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Marlís Rodríguez <profe.marlis.rodriguez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi DAvid
> 
> I´just started teaching with Alice to high school students. I´d love to have your teaching schedule and sample lectures, worksheets and tasks. 
> Thanks a lot for sharing your ideas and materials
> 
> ***************************************************
> Profa. Marlís Rodríguez
> profe.marlis.rodriguez at gmail.com
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> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Donna Wilkins <dwilkins at richardwinn.org> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herrera, Deedee" <deedee at dc3.edu>
> To: "Alice educators" <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 3:27 PM
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
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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 instead of flowcharts.
> 
> Cheers
> David Ô¿Ô
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> -----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 Herrera, Deedee
> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 2:31 AM
> To: 'Alice educators'
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU
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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
> 
> -----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!
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> -----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
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> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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