alice-teacher Alice 2 or 3?

[Lance Allen]

Laurie,
I use Alice v2.2 for my 9th graders at Beth Tfiloh. I do this because the
majoriity of the students have never been exposed to 'programming'. I use
v2.2 to teach/demonstrate sound practices in structure, style, fundamental
syntax, debugging, and problem solving skills. I have had great success
with v2.2 and 97% of the students continue with Computer Science into the
10th grade Advanced Placement (AP) course.

Alice v3.0 is a great program. I have been playing with it for almost 2
years now as it was being developed. I personally like that you can begin
an animation using Alice and mid-way into the program you can export
everything to Java. (Although it is a one-way street - you can not convert
your Java back into Alice.) The reason I am not currently contemplating
incorporating it into the curriculumn is because I do not believe my 9s
would be successful with it and I do not have time to include Java Swing
syntax in their lessons.

I hope this helps and have a G-R-E-A-T school year.
Lance Allen

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Laurie Solomon Cohen <lscohen613 at aol.com>wrote:

> 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
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