Alice

Dropbox - alice.zip Email: Csta.ohio.presentations@gmail.com Cstaohio: password

Alice is a drag and drop programming software. - interactive 3D environment - no pramming knowledge needed - completely free - Alice for storytelling - elementary and middle schools - Alice 2.2 - intro to programming. Nintendo style graphics, smaller learning curve - Alice 3.0 - more realistic graphics but steeper learning curve, only beta right now - www.Alice.org. Http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/list info/Alice-teachers

In classrooms: - History ... Recreate historical events or import speech clips - English .... Story telling or student narration - Science .... Cell project (journey inside a cell) - Math ... proximity, formulas, rotations, repetitions - Foreign language .... Storytelling with voice overs in that language - Special Ed ... Alternative to standard assignments or students narrate play or use as presentation - computer science .... Intro to programming

Starts by having students use tutorials. He has lessons available for beginning to advanced.