alice-teacher Student worlds crashing

[Don Slater]

Would you please send a copy of the world directly to me (dslater at cmu.edu) so that we can look at it?

Thank you,
Don Slater

> On Apr 20, 2015, at 1:52 PM, reed-m <reed-m at harris.k12.ga.us> wrote:
> 
> I downloaded the latest version of Alice and tried to open the student's project.  It still gave me a bug report and wouldn't open.
> 
> Memory Reed
> Business & Computer Science 
> FBLA Adviser
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: alice-teachers-bounces+reed-m=harris.k12.ga.us at lists.andrew.cmu.edu [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+reed-m=harris.k12.ga.us at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Leonel Morales
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 11:07 AM
> To: Alice educators
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Student worlds crashing
> 
> Just out of curiosity, once the projects crash in version 3.1.x is it possible to open them in version 3.2.x? Have you tried? I would be most glad to test a crashing project with version 3.2.5 just to check the possibility,
> 
> Leonel
> 
> 2015-04-20 8:08 GMT-06:00, reed-m <reed-m at harris.k12.ga.us>:
>> The older version.  I wanted to update to the newest version, but the 
>> IT people wouldn’t because a) they said it took too much room and b) 
>> they didn’t have time due to problems with standardized testing 
>> issues.  I am not allowed to update the computers in my lab, I have to wait for the IT person.
>> I do tell the kids to save often, they had saved.  They hadn’t saved 
>> a second version, that is a good idea.  However, I was out sick most 
>> of the week, so they were on their own and with high school kids it is 
>> all I can do to get them to save 1 version. In the future I’ll 
>> emphasize the importance of saving more than 1 version of their work.
>> 
>> Memory Reed
>> Business & Computer Science
>> FBLA Adviser
>> Harris County High School
>> 8281 GA Hwy. 116
>> Hamilton, GA 31811
>> 706-628-4278
>> 
>> From: 
>> alice-teachers-bounces+reed-m=harris.k12.ga.us at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
>> [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+reed-m=harris.k12.ga.us at lists.andrew.cm
>> u.edu]
>> On Behalf Of Don Slater
>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 8:08 AM
>> To: Alice Teachers
>> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Student worlds crashing
>> 
>> Just to be clear because of the context, ar you referring to version 
>> 3.1.61.0.0, or to the latest Alice version, 3.2.5.0.0?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Don Slater
>> Alice Team
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> 5000 Forbes Avenue
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>> 
>> Email: don at alice.org<mailto:don at alice.org>
>> 
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>> 
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>> 
>> On Apr 19, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Milewski, Allen 
>> <amilewsk at monmouth.edu<mailto:amilewsk at monmouth.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> I have had the same experience this year.  It almost seems that any 
>> worlds complicated enough to interest my students as a game cannot be 
>> supported by Alice.  I have been surprised that I have not seen other similar complaints.
>> Any hints on what we are doing wrong?
>> 
>>  ____________________
>> Professor Allen Milewski
>> amilewsk at monmouth.edu<mailto:amilewsk at monmouth.edu>
>> Computer Science & Software Engineering Department Monmouth University
>> (732)571-7578
>> 
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>> 
>> On Apr 17, 2015, at 8:23 AM, reed-m
>> <reed-m at harris.k12.ga.us<mailto:reed-m at harris.k12.ga.us>> wrote:
>> 
>> <image001.gif>
>> Some of my students’ worlds are crashing after they have been building it
>> for several days.  This has happened in the past. They are using 3.1.61.0.0.
>> I’ve tried to get my IT people to update to the newest version, but they
>> won’t due to the file size.  It is very frustrating and demoralizing for
>> them to work so hard and have their work all lost.  Is there anything I can
>> do to prevent this or for them to be able to recover their work?  This is
>> all we get:
>> <image004.jpg>
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Memory Reed
>> Business & Computer Science
>> FBLA Adviser
>> Harris County High School
>> 8281 GA Hwy. 116
>> Hamilton, GA 31811
>> 706-628-4278
>> 
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