alice-teacher Extended If Question

Wed Mar 5 14:38:13 EST 2014

Hi Don,
saw this question and wondered if an implementation of switch would be
better in this case?

Best Regards
Donald Cook
*A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.*
H. W. Longfellow (1807-1882)

On 5 March 2014 17:17, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:21 PM, <
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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.
>> > >
>> > >And of course, if it is a general question, please feel free to ignore
>> > >the request ;-)
>> > >
>> > >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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