alice-teacher Alice 2 or 3?

[Laurie Solomon Cohen]

I have a similar question, but almost in reverse. We are using the original textbook that goes with Alice 2. We have already set up our computer labs for the upcoming school year (starting in 2 weeks) with Alice 2.2.
Although we did have some troubles with Alice 2.2 last year, I had planned to continue with it for me upcoming students are low high school students, who have never done any programming, and I wanted to just introduce them to programming and do some very basic projects.
Do you think it is OK for me to continue with 2.2 and the textbooks, or should I really switch to 3 and use on-line lessons and assignments instead of using the textbook?
Suggestions and recommendations are appreciated!



Laurie Cohen
Technology Coordinator/Business Instructor
Yeshiva of Greater Washington
Silver Spring, Maryland LCohen at yeshiva.edu
LSCohen613 at aol.com
240-793-1269 cell



-----Original Message-----
From: Frederick, Kevin <K.Frederick at ais.at>
To: alice-teachers <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2012 2:32 pm
Subject: alice-teacher Alice 2 or 3?



Hi there,
 
Relative newbie to Alice here. My question is: how different is Alice 2 from Alice 3, on the surface, for the beginning student? Would Alice 3 be okay to start with, especially for new students in conjunction with the Dann/Cooper/Pausch text?
 
Setting: I am teaching an intro to java programming course in high school. Most students have done no substantive programming. Some have played with flash. They are expecting to get into Java by the end of the course, and the course can be open-ended. My current idea is Alice -> Greenfoot -> wherever the individual students/groups want to go.
 
To restate my question: Given my setting, should I start with Alice 2 or Alice 3 or maybe Alice 2 then Alice 3?
 
All feedback, thoughts, and redirections are appreciated!
 
Thanks,
Kevin
 
Kevin Frederick
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