alice-teacher Extended If Question

Wed Mar 5 10:17:00 EST 2014

Neil,
If I understand you correctly, using embedding an if-else inside of an if or an else by dragging and dropping is the only way that this is possible in Alice. Are you suggesting that a drop down menu option might be useful here?

Later,
Don Slater

On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Neil Ascione <neil.ascione at pequannock.org> wrote:

> Hi Don!
> 
> Hope all is well!  
> 
> I'm very new to the Alice interface and trying to implement an Extended If
> ie:
> 
> if (intChoice == 0)
>    name = "Fred"
> else if (intChoice ==1)
>    name = "Ed"
> else if (intChoice == 2)
>    name = "Ned"
> else
>    name = "Johnson"
> 
> I may very well be missing something obvious - but I only see drag and drop functionality for an if-else.  I can embed those, but is there another way to do this?
> 
> Thanks!
> Neil
> 
> 
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> From: Gilbert Stankiewicz <gilbert at cpcs.us>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher A2/A3 Textbooks
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> LaShonda,
> 
> I'm just getting started with the text "Learning Java Through Alice" by
> Tebring Daly and Eileen Wrigley, ISBN 9781491073933.  Using the NetBeans
> Alive plugin, students can import programs created in Alice 3.1 into the
> NetBeans IDE.  They can then examine and modify the code directly in
> NetBeans.  The text guides the student through the process while also
> introducing Java programming.
> 
> This is the only text I found that combines Alice 3.1 programming with
> Java. I am quite excited about the possibilities this provides for the
> small class of high school seniors in the course.
> 
> Gilbert
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:02 PM, LaShonda Torbert <
> LTorbert at stoneridgeschool.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was just wondering if anyone uses a textbook with Alice. If you do, what
> > are your recommendations for a textbook? If you don?t use a textbook, are
> > there other resources that you use?
> >
> > I will be teaching a class for the first time, and I?m just curious about
> > what other teachers do for Alice at the high school level. I had a class
> > that used Alice in college that didn?t use a textbook, and we were fine
> > with just the teacher?s notes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > LaShonda
> >
> > LaShonda Torbert
> > Upper School Science Department-Physics Teacher
> > 301.657.4322 ext 660
> > Ltorbert at stoneridgeschool.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/3/14, 3:15 PM, "Don Slater" <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >It might be helpful to the community when posting, to put (A2) for Alice
> > >2, or (A3) for Alice 3 subjects. This will clarify the context of the
> > >question, and probably generally helpful.
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> > >Thank you,
> > >Don Slater
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> From: "Lori Fuller" <lori.fuller at browardschools.com>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher A2/A3 Textbooks
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> Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> on March 3, 2014 at
> 9:02 PM -0500 wrote:
> >I was just wondering if anyone uses a textbook with Alice. If you do, what
> >are your recommendations for a textbook? If you don?t use a textbook, are
> >there other resources that you use?
> >
> >I will be teaching a class for the first time, and I?m just curious about
> >what other teachers do for Alice at the high school level. I had a class
> >that used Alice in college that didn?t use a textbook, and we were fine
> >with just the teacher?s notes.
> 
> Learning to Program with Alice, 3rd Ed. is an excellent resource. I'm
> hoping they are coming out with 4th Ed. soon... It provides good
> instruction on how to program using Alice and has many opportunities for
> practice and understanding. Along with the tutorials provided on Duke's
> website, I've managed to fill 3/4 of the year so far.
> 
> I am reviewing several books for the Alice 3, but not found one I like for
> everything. May need to combine with a JAVA programming text to fill an
> entire year.
> 
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Lori Fuller, M.Ed.
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