Transcript Introducing Alice - Rochester City School District

Introducing
Storytelling Alice
Introducing
Storytelling Alice
What is Alice?
1.
Storytelling Alice is an interactive graphics 3D
programming environment.
2.
Storytelling Alice is useful for learning how to program.
Storytelling Alice also makes learning to program fun.
During this course you should explore the many possibilities
for being creative and having fun with Alice.
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Programming a computer
Computer programming is not especially difficult.
It requires an aptitude for solving problems.
3. A computer program is usually a model for a
solution to someone's problem.
4. The important thing is to take the process in
steps
5. Making certain that you understand each step
before moving on to the next.
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Not Object Oriented
6. Alice is an outstanding product for teaching
object-based programming.
7. Alice is not an object-oriented programming
(OOP) language.
8. Object-Oriented Program can adjust to its
environment, such as video games.
9. Object-Based Program can’t adjust to its
environment. All of the characters in Alice must
be programmed to do anything.
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3D graphics
10. Alice makes it possible to write 3D animation
programs easily.
Would probably require years in hard-core Java.
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The Welcome screen
11. You can choose
from Tutorial,
Recent Worlds,
Templates,
Examples, or Open
a World
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The program edit screen
12. This shows the
screen that you will
use to develop your
Alice programs
(also known as worlds).
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What's next?
Creating and an Alice world consists of two very
distinct steps.
13. The first step, (setting the stage) simulates a
manual process of painting scenery, selecting colors,
put the players, the scenery, and other objects in
position on the stage getting ready for the curtain to
rise, or the cameras to roll.
14. The second step is to write the program to
animate the world causing the players to behave
according to plan.
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The Storytelling Alice tutorial
Click on the tutorials. Go slowly!
Anybody could speed through it with clicks
of the mouse.
Make sure you read so you understand what
is going on. This will help you later.
You may not understand everything in the
tutorial. Regardless, you should follow
along and do all the things that you are
instructed to do.