Alice Intro to Computer Programming

As some of you may know it is the 25th Anniversary of Java. We are working on something to celebrate that milestone and have been asked to look for an educator and student who would be willing to record a short video (we will proved some direction). We are hoping to find an educator that thinks fondly of Alice and how it helped them to teach Java/CS, excite new students to Java/CS and a student that was impacted by Alice and has gone on to further ed or career in CS even be...tter if that path included using Java to be our representatives (super awesome if you have an Alice T-shirt or Alice themed props :) since I don’t think I can mail anything). If you are willing or interested please reach out to me directly and I can give you more information. We are looking to find people quickly (need to do our part by the end of next week). Sorry for the short notice. Sincerely, Eric Brown ewbrown(at)cmu.edu Director of The Alice Project

There is a new Alice 3 build! We are very excited to share that this build will allow you to create and share your own stand alone applications from your favorite Alice creations. Check out this how to and get started sharing your worlds today! http://www.alice.org/resources/how-tos/making-an-alice-app/... You will need to grab our newest beta release of the IDE and Player: http://www.alice.org/get-alice/alice-3-beta-vr/ There are a lot of other great fixes in there as well (we are still working on getting the sims fully functional). If you happen to be sheltering with a VR headset we will be rolling out a number of additional VR how tos over the next week so look out for those. We are continuing to run out our weekly Alice workshops and have been posting them on youtube so join us, check them out on YouTube when you can, and tell people you think would enjoy them (be it other teachers, parents, students): http://www.alice.org/alice-weekly-zoom-resources/ Stay Safe. Sincerely, Eric

https://www.cmu.edu//apr/alice-offers-entry-to-coding.html

We are going to start holding weekly Alice lessons and question and answer sesssions on Zoom. It is intended for educators and parents so please share as you see fit to people you think would be interested. There is no registration required. You can read more about it here: Alice Weekly Zoom Resources: https://www.alice.org/alice-weekly-zoom-resources/... We will try to record each session and share them after the fact, or possibly stream for those without zoom. We are interested in feedback in terms of content and scheduling in order to make these sessions as useful as possible. All the best, Eric Brown

For all the members of the Alice community outside the United States, PBS does not have international distribution rights for some of the content on its website, so they limit viewing to the US. The good news that all SciGirls videos can be viewed from around the world on our YouTube channel. Below is a link to the episode that features Alice: https://www.youtube.com/watch

PBS just released the Cartoon Coders episode to public TV stations across the country and posted it online at: https://pbskids.org/scigirls/ In this episode, Kanah, Margaret and Eh Lay are fueled by their passion for technology and social justice and they use Alice software to create a computer animation that urges kids to take action in their own communities. (Note that individual stations across the country determine their own date/time to air SciGirls, so please check local listings for broadcast dates in your area.) We’re excited for viewers everywhere to watch these episodes and get inspired to become creators, not just consumers, of technology. Please check out the new season. #SciGirls