Alice

 

Why we learn Alice Programming

 

Check out the Alice Web site:http://www.alice.org/

Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.

 

Downloads

We are using the new Alice 3.1 which can be downloaded from www.alice.org

 

Video help on making someone walk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZg4qbFQdd8

 

Play Leapfrog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4zshJW3F0

 

Make wheels turn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQe4sYS7Xs

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 Learn Alice

1. Watch the Video in class  

You can also download this video in Quicktime format for offline viewing:
Alice Screencast #1 (87.4MB)
(Right-click and select “Save Link As…” from the submenu)

2. Practice the Tutorials inside Alice

3. Play around in Alice

 

Practice Alice Step by Step using the the guide below

 

1. Read the scenario on the planning sheet

2. See how the questions are answered

3. Look at how the storyboards helped plan the project

4. Follow the step by step direction to make your own Snowpeople

 

 

Alice Step by step.doc 

 

Video Tutorials on Shark Attack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq4Xpv4gDIk

 

 

Examples-with source code

 

http://alice.calvin.edu/books/alice/worlds/

 

Sample Movies from Calvin Colleges Alice Programming Camp

 

http://alice.calvin.edu/iwc/previousYears/index.html

 

 

An Entire Page of Alice Help 5-12 graades

 

 

 

 

How to make someone walk

https://youtu.be/tZg4qbFQdd8

 

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Alice Challenges We Do together

 

 

Challenge 1-Ride'um Cowboy

What: Make a character ride in or on something

How: Using Alice and the Do together blcok

Why: Putting together simple constructs

Resources:Classroom demo

 

 

 

Challenge 2 - Car race chase

 

Objectives

What: Create a car race/chase Make it fast????
How: Using Alice
Why: Introduction to a new program

Resources

• Car Game Instructions Resource
• Car Game Template file

 

 

Challenge 3- Alice Flight Simulator

 

Joriel

Objectives

What: Create a flight simulator
How: Using events in Alice
Why: To learn about user interaction

Resources

• Flight Sim Instructions PDF document
• Flight Sim Template file
• Flight Sim (complete) file

 

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Assignment: Plan your own Alice Movie

 

 

 

A. Every Program Starts with an Idea

 

 

 

1. First write a brief description or scenario of the story you are going to tell. This should be a 1-2 paragraph essay.

 

 

The scenario gives all necessary details for setting up the initial scene and then planning a sequence of instructions for the animation.

 

 

 

Think about …

 

1. What story is to be told?____________________

 

 

2. What objects/avatars are needed?_____________

 

__________________________________________

 

3.  Which objects will play leading roles in the Story_________________________________ while other objects will be used to provide background scenery.

 

 

 

4. What actions are to take place? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Remember the actions in the story will eventually become the instructions in the program.

 

 

 

B. Storyboard

 

Download the document below to create a Storyboard. This is where you plan your program  frame by frame.

 

story board.pdf 

 

C. Alice Program

 

1. Every Program needs to have 2-3 Characters-NO MORE

2. The Story Line must be G rated- no violence, nothing gross-something your grandmother would like to see

3.Story should have a clear beginning middle and end.

 

 

 

Grades for Alice Unit

 

10 points for learning the software and doing the tutorials

10 points Scenario

10 points Story Board Planning Sheet

25 points for creating the Snowman scene we did together

25 points for creating your original Alice Program

 

Alice Rubric

 

Criterion	5/4= Excellent	3/2= Adequate	1 = Substandard	0 = Not even close
Adherence to standards Does it conform to standards in programming?	No errors	Minor details of the standards are violated, or poor choices are made where the standards are unclear.	Significant details of the standards or the underlying program intent are violated, but the program still fulfills essential functions.	Misses the point of the problem.
Breakdown (modular design) Does it demonstrate good modular design? Does the code follow a logica sequence?	No errors	1-3 minor errors	More than three minor errors OR one major error	More than one major error
Creativity	Creative with interesting elements	Works for typical input, but seems predictable	Fails for typical input, for a minor reason.	Fails for typical input, for a significant reason.
Documentation, style and user interface Is it clear and maintainable? Is the user interface designed carefully?	No errors	1-3 minor errors	More than three minor errors OR one major error	More than one major error
Efficiency of code Does it use the language features well?	No errors	1-3 minor errors	More than three minor errors OR one major error	More than one major error
Comments:

 

 

 

Check out some sample programs

 

 

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