alice-teacher Alice 2 or 3 for middle schoolRe: s Digest, Vol 46, Issue 5

[Susan Stein]

I do have the occasional student who is already programming in Java.

> Marilynn Huret <mailto:mhuret at mindspring.com>
> May 7, 2014 at 10:19 AM
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> If you are introducing it to middle schoolers, Alice2 would be most 
> appropriate since it involves language and abilities geared to that 
> age group. alice 3 is not an upgrade, it is a more enhanced version 
> leading to development in java.
>
> Marilynn Huret
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> mhuret at mindspring.com <mailto:mhuret at mindspring.com>
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> >Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 08:45:06 -0400
> >From: Susan Stein
> >Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice 2 Workshop -- Introduction To Alice
> >To: Alice educators
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> >Hi Don,
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> >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 
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> >>
> >> 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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