alice-teacher questions

[Rebecca Brown]

Hello, I just started using Alice with my 5th grade students and they
LOVE it.  I am having a hard time figuring out how to put two or three
scenes together.  If they make one scene in a school hallway and then
one in a classroom how do you get them to play together?  Thanks



>>> Don Slater <> 10/5/2011 10:26 AM >>>
Do you mean, change the ground from grass to snow, etc?

1) Open a new world with the new ground texture that you wish to change
to
2) Right-click on "ground" in the object tree
3) Select "Save object…" from the drop down menu
4) Name the object appropriately, and save it in a convenient
location.

5) Open the world in which you wish to change the ground
6) From the File menu, select "Import…"
7) Locate and select the new ground object you have just saved (in step
#4)
8) Your object tree will now have a "ground" and "ground2" object 

9) right-click on the "ground" object in your object tree, and select
"delete"
10) you should now see the new ground texture.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Don Slater


On Oct 5, 2011, at 10:11 AM, swn5 at aol.com wrote:

> Is there a way to change the 'world' without loosing our objects and
animated methods?
> THanks
> Pat Swain
> swn5 at aol.com 
> www.patswainphotography.com 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swn5 <swn5 at aol.com>
> To: dslater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 9:53 am
> Subject: enlarge the world
> 
> Our 8th grade class would like to put on a little animation festival
with our Alice animations.
> Is there a way to make the world fill the screen? RIght now it is
small.
> Thanks
> Pat Swain
> swn5 at aol.com 
> www.patswainphotography.com 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> To: swn5 <swn5 at aol.com>
> Sent: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 12:04 pm
> Subject: Re: Screen shot, 2nd attempt
> 
> Here is a link to a website with some useful resources, maintained by
Dr. Susan 
> Rodger's at Duke University…
> 
> 
> http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice/aliceInSchools/ 
> 
> 
> All the best,
> Don Slater
> 
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 9:16 AM, 
> swn5 at aol.com 
>  wrote:
> 
> > This is great. Now I have another question as I am very new to
this. Is there 
> a place where I can read how these functions work. So far I don't
know how to 
> create functions to 'do together.'
> > thanks
> > 
> > Pat Swain
> > 
> swn5 at aol.com 
> 
> > 
> www.patswainphotography.com 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don Slater <
> dslater at andrew.cmu.edu 
> >
> > To: swn5 <
> swn5 at aol.com 
> >
> > Sent: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 8:32 am
> > Subject: Re: Screen shot, 2nd attempt
> > 
> > I have attached a world, "HareWalk.a2w" that illustrates a walk for
the Hare 
> > form the Animals gallery. You will see that I am animating both the
legs and 
> the 
> > and the are movement. I have built it so that the hare will move
forward 2 
> > meters in 2 seconds, which felt like a reasonable walk animation.
By adjusting 
> 
> > the time durations and the amount of rotation in the turns, you can
change the 
> 
> > time and distance of a step in the walk. I have chosen the abruptly
style to 
> > smooth out the animation. (Both the duration and the style
modifiers are 
> > available from the "more…" button at the end of each method tile.
> > 
> > If you look in the People gallery of Alice 2.2, you should find a
directory of 
> 
> > "Walking People" that already have a walk method. You can look at
how walk is 
> > implemented in these characters for ideas.
> > 
> > Also in the People Gallery, there is a HeBuilder and a SheBuilder
that allows 
> > you to create human characters that come with several different
animations, 
> that 
> > you can also look at for ideas.
> > 
> > Please let me know if you have any questions.
> > 
> > All the best,
> > Don Slater
> > 
> > 
> >    
> > 
> > 
> > On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:07 AM, 
> > 
> swn5 at aol.com 
> 
> >  wrote
:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > I have just started using Alice with 5th to 8th Grade. Is there a
way to 
> make 
> > the legs move forward in a character/animal and the body at the
same time so 
> it 
> > looks like a walk?
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > Pat Swain
> > > 
> > 
> swn5 at aol.com 
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> www.patswainphotography.com 
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Don Slater <
> > 
> dslater at andrew.cmu.edu 
> 
> > >
> > > To: swn5 <
> > 
> swn5 at aol.com 
> 
> > >
> > > Sent: Mon, Sep 19, 2011 1:50 pm
> > > Subject: Screen shot, 2nd attempt
> > > 
> > > Let me know if you still have problems, or any other questions…
> > > <ObjectMarker.png>
> > > 
> > > All the best,
> > > Don Slater
> > >  
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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