alice-teacher Alice Workshops Open For Registration

Tue May 2 14:46:50 EDT 2017

I would also appreciate it if an online workshop could be planned for Alice
3. I think it would be a fantastic idea!

-Marcia

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Toni McKee <tomckee at ashlandcityschools.org>
wrote:

> I would be interested in online course too. That would be awesome.
>
> Toni McKee
> Ashland High School
> Ashland, OH  44805
>
> On Tue, 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 at 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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