1. What is Alice? Graphical Programming Environment and Language Learn object oriented programming using 3 dimensional objects and a story telling approach Drag and Drop Interface eliminates the possibility of students making syntax errors

2. What is Alice? Still has all the constructs of other object oriented programming languages, including: Classes, Objects, and Inheritance Methods Functions Procedures Elementary Data Structures, Recursion, etc. Developed at Carnegie Mellon

3. Demo: A new world Create a new world File  New Choose template

4. Demo: Adding objects Scene Editor

5. Each object… has a name listed in object tree at upper left of Alice screen has properties: size, location, orientation controlled with mouse or drop-down menu can perform actions (methods): at design-time – drop-down menu (move, turn, etc.) at run-time (later – this is the animation)

6. 3 Dimensions, 6 Directions A 3D object has 3 dimensions height, width, depth 6 degrees of freedom (directions of movement)

7. Four Steps for Alice Animations Problem statement Scenario – what’s the story to be told Design Storyboard – details of the scenes for the scenario Implement Write the computer program (instructions) Test Play/revise

8. Aside – all computer programming Scenario (program requirements) Design (plan the step-by-step solution) Implement (write computer code) Test (try/revise)