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Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh ◦ Wanda Dann ◦ Donald Slater ◦ Jacobo Carrasquel ◦ Staff of 8 people Stanford University, California ◦ Steve Cooper ◦ Ph D students
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There are approximately 4,000 learning institutions worldwide using Alice ◦ http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=alice_users/alice_us ers#table http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=alice_users/alice_us ers#table There are approximately 3,500 learning institutions in the US using Alice ◦ High schools ◦ Colleges (2-year) ◦ Universities (4-year)
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www.aliceprogramming.net www.aliceprogramming.net ◦ syllabi/calendars ◦ lectures ◦ labs ◦ assignments ◦ sample worlds (programs) ◦ sample exams ◦ sample projects
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In response to market requests 160 vs. 375 pages Intended to be used for – 4-6 weeks in “literacy courses” – 12 weeks (semester) course
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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
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Source: Prentice Hall sales figures
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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)
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Argentina Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Guatemala Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Spain Venezuela
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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?
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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
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Training ◦ In the US Summer workshops in Pittsburgh ◦ Locally in Costa Rica Several workshops for local teachers Continuous local support ◦ Local website http://www.fod.ac.cr/aulavirtual/aulapronie/ http://www.fod.ac.cr/aulavirtual/aulapronie/
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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
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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
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