alice-teacher s Digest, Vol 46, Issue 5 (Susan Stein)

[Susan Stein]

That is exactly what I'm doing. We are doing Scratch right now in all 
grades. For my advanced and capable students, those that are Scratch 
"experts" I'm allowing them to do an independent project instead of my 
lessons. Everyone else is learning Scratch, even some 8th graders. Next 
year, I want to transition my 7th and 8th Graders to Alice. Thanks for 
your feedback, it is so helpful.

Susan

> Funk, Philip <mailto:P.Funk at snhu.edu>
> May 7, 2014 at 5:10 PM
> Regarding question from Susan in Vol 46 Issue 5, I completely agree 
> with the response from Marilynn regarding using Alice 2.x vs. Alice 
> 3.x. Don't worry about students who have done some Java programming. 
> That probably means they are aware of the need for syntax 
> considerations such as semi-colons and braces. Alice eliminates those 
> needs.
> In terms of teaching principles and concepts, there is a lot more to 
> be learned from a semester with Alice than there would be from two 
> semesters with Java (obviously my opinion - based on some experience - 
> here).
> If you are beginning with sixth graders, you might consider starting 
> out with Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu) and then transitioning to Alice.
> Phil Funk
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> From: Susan Stein <susan at susanstein.org>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice 2 or 3 for middle schoolRe: s Digest,
> Vol 46, Issue 5
> To: Marilynn Huret <mhuret at mindspring.com>, Alice educators
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> I do have the occasional student who is already programming in Java.
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