alice-teacher Alice 2 or 3?

[Laurie Solomon Cohen]

Thanks Lance.  I was thinking the same thing, as my upcoming 12th grade class is probably more at 8 or 9 level. I want them to have success with whatever we do. The objectives you list are the same--very basic problem solving, analytical thinking and basic syntax. Then we move onto another program.   I've had very good experience with Alice 2.2, but we still couldn't get it to export as a video or webpage, so it was impossible for the students to share their projects with non-Alice viewers. They created a basic HTML webpage/portfolio as their end-of-semester project to showcase all their work, and couldn't include their Alice projects !   Any suggestions? 



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: Lance Allen <lanceallen.allen at gmail.com>
To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2012 8:13 am
Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice 2 or 3?


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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