alice-teacher s Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3

Sat Mar 3 17:00:46 EST 2012

Great!   I am wary of using it while it is in beta but looks like it is
progressing well!

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> 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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> >> Today's Topics:
> >>
> >>  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
> >> To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <CAKsqmnrC=10WmGXnOKKB7uqfJi1R9Zk_5q13VRvuY6eGccjMTQ at mail.gmail.com>
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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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