alice-teacher Alice Workshops Open For Registration

Wed Apr 5 14:51:56 EDT 2017

It would be great if it was offered during the school year as most teachers
have summer jobs.  But I would support and Online class as that could be
done.  Love this program.

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Eric Brown <ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Mr. Parent,
>
> Unfortunately it is not a web based class.  I would point you to Oracle
> Academy (https://academy.oracle.com/en/training-workshops.html) that does
> offer some web based offerings.  If there is more interest in this we could
> explore pulling together an offering in the future.
>
> To anyone else who may know if there are other groups offering web based
> training or of any local training being offered in Arizona please let us
> know.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Eric
>
> Eric Brown
> Alice Project
> Carnegie Mellon University
> m: +1.718.986.9469
> e: ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 4, 2017, at 5:58 PM, Todd Parent <tparent at stacc.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alice-teachers [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+tparent=stacc.net@
> lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Brown
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 1:38 PM
> > To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> > 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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