alice-teacher Alice on Chrome Books? (Marcia Viqueira)

Mon Sep 12 12:12:41 EDT 2016

I just want to add that even though my district is purchasing Chromebooks for students (without teacher input) I will not be using them in my classroom because they are so limiting. I also teach AP Computer Science (DrJava, BlueJ, etc.) and Chromebooks would not work for that class. They are cheap devices that districts feel will get them to a 1 to 1 environment inexpensively at the startup but for the long haul may not be so inexpensive.

Karen A. Vitek

Computer Science Teacher
Spackenkill High School
112 Spackenkill Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

845-463-7810
Email: karen.vitek at sufsdny.org <mailto:karen.vitek at sufsdny.org>
Web: Mrs. Vitek's Teacher Page <https://moodle.dcboces.org/course/view.php?id=37>
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> Hello,
> Would Alice 2 or 3 work on a Chrome Book?  My school is purchasing a set
> and it might be easier than reserving space in the computer lab.
> Thank you,
> Marcia
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> From: Don Slater <don at alice.org>
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> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice on Chrome Books?
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> Marcia,
> Alice does not currently run the Chromebook or on on any mobile devices?  It would be better to think of Alice as a development environment which may someday include the ability to develop apps for mobile devices (currently you can develop videos. but not games, which do run on mobile devices).
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> We do revisit the idea of creating a mobile version of Alice, and are open to the possibility, but there will not be such a version in the immediate future.
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> Sorry,
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> Don Slater
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> Alice Project
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>> On Sep 11, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Marcia Viqueira via alice-teachers <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> Would Alice 2 or 3 work on a Chrome Book?  My school is purchasing a set and it might be easier than reserving space in the computer lab.
>> Thank you,
>> Marcia
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