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Alice

This website makes the "T" (Technology) in STEM come to life for students, and hopefully it will spark their desire to work in computer science. Alice was produced at Carnegie-Mellon University, and it is a free educational software program that teaches computer programming in a 3-D environment. The website states that it tries to make a student's first attempt at programming less frustrating, and the end result is an animation to tell a story, play an interactive game or make a video. Visitors should check out the "Teaching" tab, which includes "Instructional Materials", "Tutorials" and "Textbooks". There are almost a dozen textbooks on using Alice, several of which were co-authored by a well-known computer scientist visitors may remember - the late Randy Pausch. Visitors can sign up for a periodic Alice newsletter, under the "Teaching" or "Community" tab. The "Publications" tab has five papers that visitors can download as PDFs, including "Alice: Easy-to-Learn 3D Scripting for Novices" and "Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Instructional Approach."
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September 16th, 2011
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September 16th, 2011 at 8:02am
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September 16th, 2011 at 10:36am
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