Adventures in
Alice Programming
Duke University, Durham, NC
NOTE: This material was used for a workshop for middle school and high school teachers and a camp for middle school kids and is currenlty being reworked. The final polished handouts will appear on the "Tutorials and Examples" pages as they are completed, by sometime in July or August 2008.
The workshop will include 120 contact hours for middle and high school teachers, meeting from 8:30am-5pm each day with a lunch break.
Here is the real schedule for teachers of what we actually did.
Each of the first two weeks will be a mix of learning and experimenting with Alice, and developing Alice curriculum materials that fit best with the way teachers plan to integrate Alice into their courses. For some teachers, this will be Alice modules, and for others it may be an entire Alice course. Duke Faculty and students will be providing support in this development.
Under Construction in June/July 2008
This page will be modified each day to show what we actually did that day. After the workshop is over we will organize the material in a better way and put it on the tutorials and examples page.
Week 1: June 16-20, 2008
Monday, Day 1
- Alice Examples shown
- Nemo Learns Math World - math example of Alice
- Spanish Quiz World - spanish language quiz example of Alice
- Civilizations World - Report on Egypt example of Alice
- Frogger Game - Interactive game - move frogger from one lily pad to the other with arrow keys.
- Introduction to using Alice
- Materials in Day 1 folder
- Getting Started Handout
- Motion (translation and rotation) during scene set-up
- Objects in Alice: Positioning and Moving Them
- Alice starting world: movementStart.a2w
- Problem Solving and Storyboard Design (Participants work on building a simple Alice storyboard)
- Storyboard Paper
Note: When downloading an Alice example, your computer may rename it as a .zip file. If that happens, do not unzip it, but rather rename it by replacing the .zip with .a2w.
- Alice Examples shown
- Halloween Greeting Card
- Eragon - Includes four tasks, interactive, score, timer
- Storyboard -> Code (in Day 1 folder)
- Tutorial: Methods
- Revisiting translational and rotational motion (in Day 1 folder) Functions (built-in) and parameters (built-in only, through slide 10)
- Camera Control (through Slide 10)
- Participants work on building a world for their storyboard
- Alice Examples shown
- Skyride - Camera attached to Skyride car 2 and off to the right a little
- OctopusRide.a2w
- CoachStrut.a2w
- CoolWalk.mp3
- Exercise 1, Day 3
- Exercise 1, Day 3 Discussion
- Storyboards for Exercise 1, Day 3.
- Alice worlds built by Participants - Knight and Princess worlds
- Camera Control - rest of slides and skyride example
- Tutorial: Camera Control
- Notes for Day 3
- Alice Worlds
- Alice worlds built by Participants - Knight and Princess worlds and one flying dragon world
- Burning Building Alice world - Dance Dance Revolution interactive world - press arrow keys on keyboard.
- Magic Tree House Quiz Alice world
- DDR Alice world - Dance Dance Revolution interactive world - press arrow keys on keyboard.
- Walkoff Alice world Memory Game 1 with Derek Zoolander vs Hansel.
- Interactivity and Events
- Events demo including As Seen By, sound, billboard
- Events Tutorial
- As Seen By Tutorial
- Sound
- Parameters
- ManasWorld.a2w - Mana with magnet attracts objects
- Parameter Tutorial - continues from Methods tutorial
- Additional parameter exercises From Rodger CompSci 4
- BeetleBand_withSound.a2w
- Work Session: Build a world from storyboard (second one)
- Alice Worlds
- Alice worlds built by Participants - One more Knight and Princess world with kneeling knight
- Example Water Science Alice world - world showing how to talk about where water is found in the world
- Candyland Alice world
- WacAMole Alice World Alice world
- Spin The Bottle Alice world
- Problem: Kangaroo visit friends (parameter, events)
- Example code with Decision code (If/Else)
- Functions Slides - Pages 1-16
- ToyBallDemo.a2w - Pages 1-16
- Functions with parameters (parameters)
- 3D Animation Tips
- File management: Web pages
- Animation Fair: Demo of Day 3-4 worlds
Week 2: June 23-27, 2008
Monday, Day 6
- Alice demos
- Alice worlds built by Participants - Teacher dancing
- ThirdBeeWorld-aja12-fall06.a2w
- Gravity Example
- Example of functions with parameters, and tying to events, color
- Breakout discussions of camp
- Alice Examples
- Variables Example - asking a question
- Strings - asking questions, joining strings
- Handout pdf and ppt
- Example: CheshireQuiz.a2w
- Complicated Conditional
- Handout ppt and pdf
- Zeus-V1.a2w
- Zeus-V2.a2w
- Zeus-V3.a2w
- Zeus-V4.a2w
- Zeus-V5.a2w
- FerrisWheel.a2w
- FerrisWheelSoln.a2w
- Using Libraries - simplified
- Work session: teams develop a camp plan
- Sample Student Projects (Presentation and discussion)
- Group discussion: How to grade them?
- Our grading rubrics
- quizDemo.a2w
- Repetition
- penguinHunt.a2w
- Chase.a2w
- Mutable Variables - Timer and Score
- Click a Cow with timer and score - version where timer goes down by 1 after each cow move
- Click a Cow with timer and score with BDE - version where timer goes down by 1 sec each step.
- Presentation of materials available from http://www.aliceprogramming.net
- Our instructional materials & those from Virginia Beach Workshop
- Work session: in teams develop camp plans
- Alice worlds built by Participants
- Lists
- Rockettes (is in Day 6 folder)
- penguinHuntwList.a2w
- Science Example
- heliumModel.a2w
- Legend_billi.bmp - Billboard made with paint
- placingObjects.a2w - placing circles, animals and camera
- Presentation of demo worlds
- Work session: in teams, build a lesson plans, including a project assignment
- Participants Form Part 1 (Alice use in your school)(.doc)
- Participants Form Part 2 (Kids camp) (.doc)
- Research Study
- Notes on Dummy Marker, Camera Motion, Vehicle Property, As Seen By, Style
- Handout
- Slides
- Powerpoint
- WingWalkingMonkey.a2w - dynamic camera movement
- AmusementPark.a2w
- ArmTheKnight.a2w -
- ToyBallAndCone.a2w
- More camera
- audacity - for sound
- Download plug-in also - Nyquist
- Video Preview of Alice 3.0 (You Tube) - about one hour December, 2007
- Videos from SIGCSE 2008
- Three talks from SIGCSE 2008 Conference
- Randy Pausch tribute (developer of Alice) - he received an award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education, but could not attend due to illness.
- Marissa Mayer - Google
- Ed Lazowska - Computer Science: Past, Present, and Future
- When Lightning hits a poplar tree - they explode
- Scratch - for kids
- Alice Research Team at Duke materials - Note this is a work in progress.
- CompSci 4 (Alice course) at Duke University - for non-majors
- What the participants are expected to do, going forward
- Planning for week 3
Week 3 First Option: July 7-11, 2008
This week will involve approximately half of the teachers. They will continue development of materials and will try some of the modules out on students attending a summer camp.
Monday, Day 11
- Students
- Getting Started in Three Parts
- Part One
- Alice Start Part One (handout, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part One (slides, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part One (.ppt)
- Alice Finished Part One world (partOneFinished.a2w)
- Part Two
- Alice Start Part Two (handout, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part Two (slides, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part Two (.ppt)
- Alice Finished Part Two world (partTwoFinished.a2w)
- Build a world of your own with objects and some methods
- Teachers
- Lesson Plans Templates
- NC Six part lesson plan
- What Makes a Good Lesson Plan (added July 13)
- lesson template (.doc) OR (.pdf)
- SE Lesson plan for in inquiry in science
- Another lesson template from Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (.doc) OR (.pdf)
- Another Lesson Plan .doc or .pdf (added July 13)
- Lists and Arrays Tutorial
- Powerpoint (.ppt)
- Slides (.pdf)
- Handout (.pdf)
- Starter World (StarterWorldForArraysandListsTutorial.a2w)
- Solution World (ArraysAndListsExampleWorld.a2w)
- Example world of lists - Ballerina Dance (BallerinaDance.a2w)
- Curriculum Development
- Some new instruction - Arrays
- Students
- Part Three
- Alice Start Part Three (handout, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part Three (slides, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part Three (.ppt)
- Alice Finished Part Three world (partThreeFinished.a2w)
- Download skyride from starter page. Drop dummy for original view, set camera to ride with skyride.car2, reset camera to original view, have skyride move again, and set camera to watch it from original position without moving.
- Handout (pdf) - Just Part 1
- Teachers
- Students
- Part 2 and 3 of Kangaroo Visit
- Parts 1-3 of ChangeColor
- Lists example
- ninjaList.a2w - Example of Lists.
- Work on Worlds
- Animation Fair
- Teachers
- Work on Lesson Plans
- Watch student Animation Fair and Other Demos
-
buildingBlockGame.a2w - building block game example
- Students
- Answer Questions World
- Score and Timer - Click a Cow
- Work on Worlds
- Billboard from image
- Record Simple Sounds
- Teachers
- Work on Lesson Plans
- Present and Evaluate Lesson Plans
- Alice Demo
- drhoades.a2w - space exploration of solar system.
- boz_timers.a2w - Samples of timers written by Boswell
- Students
- BDE, build a billboard with paint, arrays?
- Arrays
- PostTest
- Work on Worlds
- Animation Fair
- Collect Worlds from Students
- Teachers
- Work on Lesson Plans
- Present and Evaluate Lesson Plans
Week 3 Second Option: July 14-18, 2008
This week is an alternative third week for teachers and will be run in the same manner as the other week 3 option.
Monday, Day 16
- Students
- Getting Started in Three Parts
- Part One
- Alice Start Part One (handout, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part One (slides, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part One (.ppt)
- Alice Finished Part One world (partOneFinished.a2w)
- Part Two
- Alice Start Part Two (handout, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part Two (slides, .pdf)
- Alice Start Part Two (.ppt)
- Alice Finished Part Two world (partTwoFinished.a2w)
- Part Three
- Write a storyboard
- Build a world of your own with objects and some methods
- Teachers
- Lesson Plans
- Lesson Plan Templates (see from Day 11)
Tuesday, Day 17
- Students
- Kangaroo Visit Parts 1-3
- Skyride
- Evil Ninja's list
- Teachers
- Lists and Arrays Tutorial
- Powerpoint (.ppt)
- Slides (.pdf)
- Handout (.pdf)
- Starter World (StarterWorldForArraysandListsTutorial.a2w)
- Solution World (ArraysAndListsExampleWorld.a2w)
- Example world of lists - Ballerina Dance (BallerinaDance.a2w)
Wednesday, Day 18
- Students
- Write a function - chicken change color
- Random numbers - snowman change color randomly
- BDE
- Memory game
- Mini animation fair
- Teachers
- memoryGame.a2w - Example of adding to a list while the animation is running.
- BDE
- Lesson Plans
Thursday, Day 19
- Students
- Score
- Billboards - images and paint
- Ask Questions
- Scene change - fade to black, change ground texture
- Sound
- Work on worlds for animation fair
- Teachers
- Lesson Plans
- Presentations
Friday, Day 20
- Students
- Work on Worlds
- Timer
- Animation Fair
- Teachers
- Lesson Plans, finish up