Upcoming Workshops

SIGCSE, March 9, 2011

Day-length (8:30 AM - 4:00 PM) workshops
Register for one of:
  • Programming with Alice 2.2
  • Programming with Alice 3

No registration fee
Complimentary Breakfast & Lunch
Complimentary thumb drive with latest version of software
Bring your own laptop (Mac or PC)


Alice 2.2


This workshop is intended for teachers who have little or no experience in teaching with Alice. The workshop will provide hands-on experience with learning to use Alice 2.2 and in learning to teach with Alice. Alice 2.2 is a powerful program visualization environment where students are engaged in building virtual worlds to create animations and simple games. Instructional materials, software, and a complimentary copy of the 3rd edition of the text, Learning to Program with Alice, will be provided to each participant.

Alice 3


This workshop is designed for instructors of CS1/AP who are interested in providing a gentle introduction to programming concepts in Alice 3 integral with mediating the transfer of these concepts into Java. The workshop will introduce Alice 3 and a plugin for transitioning from Alice to Java. Alice 3 builds on Alice 2's powerful program visualization technique, enabling students to "see" objects and work with object-oriented programming. Participants will learn how to use Alice 3 to build virtual worlds and how to use this approach in CS1 courses (introductory programming for majors and non-majors and AP CS).