Creativity Session

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Alice Tea Party with your mad hatterRandy
PauschCarnegie Mellonpausch_at_cmu.edu(this
presentation given at SIGCSE 2005)
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• Recent surveys show a 23 decline in the
  number of CS majors. We simply can't afford to
  discourage students by needlessly frustrating
  them in their first exposure to computing.

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Thanks to Prentice-Hall for the food drink!
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Thanks to Prentice-Hall for the food drink!
And thanks to Alan Apt!
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Schools (we know of) using Alice

• Berry College
• Bucknell
• CalState Humboldt
• California Lutheran
• Camden County College
• Central Catholic high school (OR)
• Community College of Philadelphia
• Cornell University
• Duke University
• Georgetown College
• Haverford College
• Ithaca College
• Mississippi Valley State University

• Plymouth State
• Saint Joseph's University
• San Diego State
• Sierra Nevada College
• St. Edward's University (TX)
• Sunset High School (OR)
• SUNY Tompkins Cortland Community College
• Sycamore High school (OH)
• TCCC Tompkins Cortland Community College
• University of Mississippi
• Virginia Tech

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Schools (we know of) using Alice

• Berry College
• Bucknell
• CalState Humboldt
• California Lutheran
• Camden County College
• Central Catholic high school (OR)
• Community College of Philadelphia
• Cornell University
• Duke University
• Georgetown College
• Haverford College
• Ithaca College
• Mississippi Valley State University

• Plymouth State
• Saint Joseph's University
• San Diego State
• Sierra Nevada College
• St. Edward's University (TX)
• Sunset High School (OR)
• SUNY Tompkins Cortland Community College
• Sycamore High school (OH)
• TCCC Tompkins Cortland Community College
• University of Mississippi
• Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech used Alice for all 1,300 freshmen
in the Engineering School!
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Alice
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The Alice System (www.alice.org)

• Allows college students to learn computer
  programming more easily
• Drag-and-Drop editor for creating programs
• Their programs are 3d movies or games
• Has been formally shown to improve learning and
  retention
• Highly motivates students
• Provided free (open source) by Carnegie Mellon

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"Programming in Alice is time consuming, but it's
not frustrating. -Luis Rodriguez, Age 17
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Alice helps at-risk CS majors
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Alice helps at-risk CS majors
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Alice helps at-risk CS majors
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1,000 free objects in the gallery
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(No Transcript)
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Stencils Tutorial
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Stencils Tutorial
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Questions?
Alice is free from www.alice.orgAnd you have
itOn CD-ROM today