alice-teacher questions

Ella Glazer ella.glazer at gmail.com
Thu Oct 6 07:49:10 EDT 2011 

Rebecca
  I play with the colors and the worlds.  It appears to me that the only
differences in the worlds is the color.  So when I move the camera from
"room to room" or outside to inside, I have the colors of the "world" change
and sometimes the textures too.
 Hope this helps.
Ella Glazer

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Rebecca,
> If you want them to work on the different scenes at the same time, this is
> difficult in Alice.
>
> One trick is to build a world that has different parts of the scene in
> different locations in the world, and then use camera markers and camera
> movement to move from one scene to the other. But this does mean that only
> one group can work on the world at a time.
>
> Another solution is to export each world to video, or to use screen capture
> software to make moves of each individual world, and then "stitch" the
> different movies together in video editing software, such as iMovie on the
> Mac. You can tell your students that this is the way "real" movies are made.
>
> The advantage to this is that one Alice world with multiple scenes can
> become very large, and sometimes overwhelm Alice. There is less risk in this
> happening if each student / group is working on their own scene. This also
> forces collaboration between different students / groups as they think about
> how their different scenes go together.
>
> I am going to forward this response to the alice teachers listserv, as I am
> sure many in the community will also have some very good ideas.
>
> All the best,
> Don Slater
>
>  On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Rebecca Brown wrote:
>
> > 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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