 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh ◦ Wanda Dann ◦ Donald Slater ◦ Jacobo Carrasquel ◦ Staff of 8 people  Stanford University, California ◦ Steve Cooper ◦ Ph D students

 There are approximately 4,000 learning institutions worldwide using Alice ◦ ers#table ers#table  There are approximately 3,500 learning institutions in the US using Alice ◦ High schools ◦ Colleges (2-year) ◦ Universities (4-year)

 ◦ syllabi/calendars ◦ lectures ◦ labs ◦ assignments ◦ sample worlds (programs) ◦ sample exams ◦ sample projects

In response to market requests 160 vs. 375 pages Intended to be used for – 4-6 weeks in “literacy courses” – 12 weeks (semester) course

 More than 1 million downloads per year  19% of US universities are teaching with Alice ◦ There are roughly 3,700 U.S. colleges  3,000 High Schools teachers are using Alice ◦ Approximately 32,000 high schools in the US

Source: Prentice Hall sales figures

 3.5 million page views  528,000 unique visitors  158,000 IP addresses performed 440,540 downloads of the system.  (this excludes CD/textbook distribution)

 Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Costa Rica  Ecuador  Guatemala  Mexico  Nicaragua  Peru  Puerto Rico  Spain  Venezuela

 Each country should have an institution to spread the word ◦ Brazil may need more than one such center  US offers software, textbooks, training and teaching materials ◦ What about financial support?  Local institutions offer translated textbooks, training and translated teaching materials ◦ What about financial support?

 Fundacion Omar Dengo (FOD) in San Jose, Costa Rica ◦ Works with the Ministry of Education ◦ Designs curriculum for the entire country ◦ Train teachers in Spanish ◦ Develops class materials in Spanish ◦ Translates software, class materials, textbooks ◦ Helps the US with Hispanic population

 Training ◦ In the US  Summer workshops in Pittsburgh ◦ Locally in Costa Rica  Several workshops for local teachers  Continuous local support ◦ Local website 

 Collaboration with Alice US ◦ Exchange of teaching materials ◦ Translating software to Spanish ◦ Translating textbook to Spanish ◦ Writing papers/Conferences/Publications ◦ Sharing research/Conferences/Publications ◦ Helping with training in Spanish in the US

 Ideally, similar to the Costa Rican model  Expectations ◦ A Brazilian site willing to take the lead  more than one site? ◦ Similar collaboration to the USA-Costa Rica model  Exchange of teaching materials  Translating software to Portuguese  Translating/Writing textbook to Portuguese  Writing papers/Conferences/Publications  Sharing research/Conferences/Publications