alice-teacher Alice Workshops Open For Registration

Tue Apr 4 17:58:11 EDT 2017

Hello,

I have been wanting to use Alice for quite some time and haven't had time to teach myself so this is a fantastic opportunity.  Is this a Web based class?  I am in Arizona and I would like to participate remotely or on-line if possible.

Mr. Parent
Technology Teacher
St. Thomas Aquinas Grade School
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” 
~Elbert Hubbard

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From: alice-teachers [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+tparent=stacc.net at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Brown
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 1:38 PM
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Subject: alice-teacher Alice Workshops Open For Registration

Dear All,

I hope this isn’t too late to make it into your or someone you knows summer plans.  For those of you new to the community that would like more training on Alice we are happy to announce our workshop line-up for this summer.  For the advanced users out there feel free to share this with people you think could benefit from some time to get to know Alice.  This year we are changing from our usual approach of an Alice 2 week and then an Alice 3 week in favor of a new approach.  This year we will start with an Alice 3 Intro workshop that will give more time with the basics and should be at a pace that makes it easier for teachers new to CS teaching and completely new to Alice.  We will follow this with an Alice 3 to Java workshop that while still accessible to novices will be intended to move at a slightly faster pace insuring more time can be spent on the transition to Java and use of Alice to Netbeans with a look at the new Alice 3 to Java book.  If you have any questions feel free to reach out.  I am also reposting the Duke workshop that I believe is in Alice 2 in case you are looking for an Alice 2 workshop specifically so that you have options.  Finally if you know of any other Alice workshops happening around the country be sure to share them us as we would love to help promote them.

The Alice Project at Carnegie Mellon University will host an Introduction to Alice 3 Workshop for interested teachers, July 17 – 21, 2017.

This workshop is designed for teachers and mentors of students from upper elementary school through first-year college-level with little or no experience with Alice and / or computer programming. Working with nationally recognized experts in Alice 3, a tool developed at Carnegie Mellon, teachers in this workshop will learn how to use the Alice 3 programming environment for teaching fundamental programming concepts. We will also explore how Alice 3 can be used in multi-disciplinary courses and projects, discuss the development and implementation of curriculum, mapping to standards, and explore the support materials available to teachers for use with Alice.

https://starrez.housing.cmu.edu/StarRezPortalConference/go/Conferences/alice3intro2017

The Alice Project at Carnegie Mellon University will host an Alice 3 to Java Workshop for interested teachers, July 24 – 28, 2017.

This workshop is designed for teachers and mentors of students from upper middle school through first-year college-level. The participants should have a basic understanding of fundamental programming concepts and some familiarity with a traditional programming language. Experience with Alice would be helpful, but the workshop will include time spent becoming familiar with the Alice 3 programming environment.  This background in computer science concepts and/or some familiarity with Alice is not required but is intended to enable the group to move rapidly through the basics of the Alice IDE and early CS concepts to enable more time looking at the Alice 3 tools that support students as they transition from block-based coding to a traditional programming language (Java). We will also discuss and explore curriculum, standards, and the support materials available, including the new Alice 3 to Java textbook.

https://starrez.housing.cmu.edu/StarRezPortalConference/go/Conferences/alice3java2017

Alice 2 Opportunity (please correct me if I am wrong about Alice 2) -  TWO-WEEK BEGINNER ALICE WORKSHOP - JUNE 19-28, 2017 at Duke University

Middle school and high school teachers, apply now for a two-week summer workshop to learn how to create Alice Virtual Worlds and to integrate them into many disciplines. This is a free workshop with funds for lodging and a small stipend. Continuing education credits are also provided.  Preference is given to NC teachers, though we always include a few teachers from other states.

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

Sincerely,

Eric

Eric Brown
Alice Project
Carnegie Mellon University
m: +1.718.986.9469
e: ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu

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