alice-teacher Summer Camp request

[Heather Cobban]

Thank you so much for this info, Sandy - I'll try to check further to see what travel options may be available for my student.

Very best,
Heather
Watson Lake, Yukon
Canada

Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, has a free pre-engineering program that includes Alice to teach java.  They cover other areas, too, like learning C++ to program the Lego Mindstorms
>brick.  I don’t remember what else.  Only 50 students per session are chosen.  However, I am not aware of any dorms or overnight accommodation of any sort.  
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>Camp A: from June 11 to June 16, 2012; 9am to 4pm;
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>Camp B: from June 18 to June 23, 2012; 9am to 4pm;
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>Camp C: from June 25 to June 30, 2012; 9am to 4pm;
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>Here’s the web site:  [ http://cl.stmarytx.edu/esp/ ]http://cl.stmarytx.edu/esp/
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>From: alice-teachers-bounces+sandyg=gvtc.com at lists.andrew.cmu.edu [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+sandyg=gvtc.com at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Heather Cobban
>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:51 PM
>To: dslater at andrew.cmu.edu
>Subject: alice-teacher Summer Camp request
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>Would anyone happen to know of any "summer school" type enrichment programs featuring Alice 2.2 for middle school students, that might be available with scholarship?  One of my previous grade 8
>students was so enthused with Alice, & really left the rest of us far behind in his pursuits.  He happens to be a foster child who doesn't excel at much else in school, but is extremely enthused
>about pursuing this line for his future career, and is a very pleasant individual, interacts very well with his fellow students.  I don't think he has experienced much enrichment in his life, & it
>would be a wonderful opportunity if he might be able to attend a special summer program at some point featuring further exploits in Alice (with a teacher having much more expertise than myself).  If
>you happen to know of anything along these lines, I would be most interested to learn about it.  Many thanks, again!
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>Heather Cobban <[ mailto:Heather.Cobban at yesnet.yk.ca ]Heather.Cobban at yesnet.yk.ca>
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