alice-teacher Alice 2 Workshop -- Introduction To Alice

[Don Slater]

Susan,
Thanks for your interest…

I would suggest that you start with Alice 2.x.

It is a less complex piece of software, with more available support materials at this time

There is a built in tutorial that everyone can try, and you may also want to go through the tutorial posted on our website. This has both video demonstration files and .pdf files walking students through building a simple world

	http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=HourOfCode/GarfieldTutorial

This will introduce everyone to the Alice fundamentals…

I think you will also want to visit the website maintained by Dr Susan Rodger at Duke University… There are many resources here that I think you will find helpful…

	http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice/aliceInSchools/

Let me know if you have any other questions after reviewing these materials…

There are also the curricular materials available at http://www.aliceprogramming.net, although they have been designed for older students. But your mileage may vary ;-).

All the best,
Don Slater

On May 7, 2014, at 8:45 AM, Susan Stein <susan at susanstein.org> wrote:

> Hi Don,
> 
> I teach middle school technology (6-8th grades), I want to incorporate Alice into my curriculum next year. So I was wondering if it would be better for me to take Alice 2, Alice 3, or both. I'm a beginner and have very little experience with Alice. 
> 
> Thanks
> Susan Stein
> 
>> 	Don Slater	May 7, 2014 at 8:15 AM
>> June 28th-July 2th, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
>> 
>> Registration Page: https://web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences/registration.taf?ID=2014alice
>> 
>> Carnegie Mellon will host an Alice 2.4 Institute for middle/high school and college instructors. Alice,an innovative 3D programming environment developed at Carnegie Mellon University, is designed as an instructional tool for teaching and learning computational thinking and introductory programming concepts. With Alice, students learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animations, videos, and simple games. 
>> 
>> Alice 2.4 features a new set of 3D models from the Garfield® comics, courtesy of Paws, Inc. This workshop will explore the Alice 2.4 programming environment as an effective and engaging tool to introduce students in middle school through first-year college to fundamental programming concepts and Computer Science. We will also explore how Alice 2.4 can be used in multidisciplinary K-12 classroom settings.
>> 
>> This workshop will be presented by nationally recognized curriculum experts in Alice.
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