alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU

Mon May 9 17:34:37 EDT 2011

Hi David

I am in Brisbane too.  I am a homeschooling parent who introduced Alice to
my eldest son a few weeks ago.  Would love to read what you have done to see
if it could be adapted to the home classroom.

Thanks
Anne-Marie

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Behalf Of sanyaade
Sent: Sunday, 8 May 2011 9:28 PM
To: Alice educators
Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice Institute at CMU

Hi David,

Thank you for sharing your resources. I too will also like to have those
copies.
Once again the you for sharing them.

God blesses!!!

Best regards,
Sanyaade

On 06/05/2011 16:29, Donna Wilkins wrote:
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> 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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> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 2:31 AM
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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
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> 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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> du] 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=201
> 1alice
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> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Donald Slater
> Alice Team
> Carnegie Mellon University
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> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>
> Office phone: (412) 268-4370
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