alice-teacher s Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3

Sat Mar 3 14:26:47 EST 2012

For next year there will be a users guide to Alice 3, as well as a set (complete, we hope ;-) ) of instructional materials for using Alice 3 in your classes. Stay tuned for details.

There should be a text for the following school year.

Don Slater

On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Rose Hoffmann wrote:

> Apologies if this has been asked before.
> 
> Any plans for a text for Alice version 3 ?
> I' m using Alice 2.2, but debating about switching to version 3 for next 
> year.
> 
> Thank you
> 
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>>  1. Re:  Chapter 5 Zeus Exercise (in Dann, Cooper, Pausch) not
>>     working (Lance Allen)
>>  2. Re:  Chapter 5 Zeus Exercise (in Dann, Cooper, Pausch) not
>>     working (Don Slater)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 19:15:26 -0500
>> From: Lance Allen <lanceallen.allen at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Chapter 5 Zeus Exercise (in Dann, Cooper,
>> Pausch) not working
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>> I need to teach this unit in two weeks, will a released version of Alice 
>> be
>> available then?
>> 
>> I'm not sure that I wish to download experimental versions of Alice. You
>> know how the IT guys are about installing BETA versions of software.
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> The December version had a parameter passing bug. The bug has been fixed
>>> in our current version, but we are not quite ready to release the version
>>> yet. You can still download and try the experimental version as most of 
>>> the
>>> previous features will still work. All additional feature like the 
>>> Spanish
>>> translation or the update menu is still work-in-progress. Download at
>>> http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/aik_min/. Let me know if you find any
>>> other bugs.
>>> 
>>> Sorry,
>>> Don Slater
>>> 
>>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Rigole, Neil wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> I have a group of student using Alice v2.2 (12/01/11) along with the
>>> Learning To Program with Alice textbook. For Chapter 5, the ?Zeus? 
>>> exercise
>>> worked through in the chapter, we?re getting a ?target value must not be
>>> null? when running the code. We?re using when the mouse is clicked on
>>> anything event, and it seems that our ?target? object parameter is not
>>> being recognized in our ?prepareToShoot? method. Any clues or advice? 
>>> This
>>> worked for me in the past with the older version of Alice and the same
>>> code, but not now.
>>>> 
>>>> Neil
>>>> 
>>>> Neil J. Rigole, Ph.D.
>>>> Director of Distance Education
>>>> Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology
>>>> Academic Affairs - Room A-119
>>>> 478-471-5760
>>>> Professional Sciences & Conference Center - Room 310
>>>> 478-757-3661
>>>> Macon State College
>>>> 100 College Station Drive
>>>> Macon, GA 31206
>>>> 
>>>> neil.rigole at maconstate.edu
>>>> 
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>> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 06:07:24 -0500
>> From: Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
>> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Chapter 5 Zeus Exercise (in Dann, Cooper,
>> Pausch) not working
>> To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
>> Cc: Aik Min <aik_min at yahoo.com>
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>> We will try to get a release out with this fix ASAP...
>> 
>> But you might go back to he earlier release, which did not seem to have 
>> this problem...
>> 
>> Don Slater
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Lance Allen <lanceallen.allen at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I need to teach this unit in two weeks, will a released version of Alice 
>>> be available then?
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure that I wish to download experimental versions of Alice. You 
>>> know how the IT guys are about installing BETA versions of software.
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> 
>>> wrote:
>>> The December version had a parameter passing bug. The bug has been fixed 
>>> in our current version, but we are not quite ready to release the version 
>>> yet. You can still download and try the experimental version as most of 
>>> the previous features will still work. All additional feature like the 
>>> Spanish translation or the update menu is still work-in-progress. 
>>> Download at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/aik_min/. Let me know if you 
>>> find any other bugs.
>>> 
>>> Sorry,
>>> Don Slater
>>> 
>>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Rigole, Neil wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> I have a group of student using Alice v2.2 (12/01/11) along with the 
>>>> Learning To Program with Alice textbook. For Chapter 5, the ?Zeus? 
>>>> exercise worked through in the chapter, we?re getting a ?target value 
>>>> must not be null? when running the code. We?re using when the mouse is 
>>>> clicked on anything event, and it seems that our ?target? object 
>>>> parameter is not being recognized in our ?prepareToShoot? method. Any 
>>>> clues or advice? This worked for me in the past with the older version 
>>>> of Alice and the same code, but not now.
>>>> 
>>>> Neil
>>>> 
>>>> Neil J. Rigole, Ph.D.
>>>> Director of Distance Education
>>>> Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology
>>>> Academic Affairs - Room A-119
>>>> 478-471-5760
>>>> Professional Sciences & Conference Center - Room 310
>>>> 478-757-3661
>>>> Macon State College
>>>> 100 College Station Drive
>>>> Macon, GA 31206
>>>> 
>>>> neil.rigole at maconstate.edu
>>>> 
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