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Afternoons with Alice Tom Stokke Computer Science Department University of North Dakota
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MASH* Elementary K-5 after school program *Marvelous After School Hours 3 PM – 6 PM with minimum 2 hours of academics Staffing One certified elementary educator Additional UND students as to meet a 15-1 student-to-teacher ratio
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Festivals 15 to 20 day programs for the students Self-paced with limited faculty interaction Staff will generally not have training specific to the Festival topics Guaranteed in the initial use of Alice
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The Goal Create an afterschool program for MASH Focus on students in grades 3 – 5 One school for Fall 2009 Hopefully in six schools Spring 2010 Create tutorials for all students Ideally minimal help Students will vary greatly in skill-level Help students with what they want to do with Alice
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Tutorials Overview videos Intro to Alice, Intro to the environment/editor Intro to 3d Adding objects Loading and saving worlds Setting up scenes Includes outline of procedures Most are interactive, some with quizzes Most have accompanying PDF’s
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Inspire imagination Show what can be done Several sample Alice movies Show how it was done Each sample movie lists a series of “skills” required to create the movie Show all the objects they can use Picture and name of all available objects
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Progression of skills Sample movies are created to demo each skill Demonstration movies are categorized by required skills Movies include outline of steps Snippets are divided into Starter, Advanced, and Expert
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Sample skills Starter skills Adding objects Moving/turning objects Putting objects “back” onto the ground Changing colors Hiding objects Saying and thinking text Using built-in sounds Advanced skills Events Camera movement with dummy objects Using distance functions for movement Recording sounds for playback Creating movies Writing methods Expert skills Use of variables Writing methods with arguments
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Snippets Working name for brief audio/video tutorials/demonstrations Small demos Shows a single skill Ideally under a minute in length Marked up with arrows or boxes to emphasis critical areas
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Sharing Alice will be provided on CD for all students All tutorials, including snippets, will be publicly available at http://alice.cs.und.edu http://alice.cs.und.edu Option for students work to be posted to the website Downloading for work at home Sharing work with family, friends Details TBD Goal for publishing snippets on YouTube, UStream, …
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Evaluations Daily questionnaire for faculty What questions were asked? That they could answer That they couldn’t answer What do the faculty want to know about Alice? Website logs Google Analytics
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Other use for tutorials Guest instructor – middle school methods course Working with future student teachers on including Alice in their plans Moviemaking camp for 12 – 18 year olds Alice will be an optional component
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Future works Workshop for MASH educators Prepare site coordinators for future festivals Implement at all area elementary schools Continuing Education summer workshop Prepare area educators to use Alice in their classroom
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Thanks to Christine Crawford Instructional Design and Technology graduate student Renee Moon, LSW Kelly School Social Worker MASH-ESP 21st Century Community Learning Centers Project Director
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