1. Bruce Chittenden Governor’s School for Science and Technology Tidewater Community College Thomas Nelson Community College ON THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS ALICE, GREENFOOT, AND SCRATCH TO TEACH COMPUTER SCIENCE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2. Origins of the Technology Original Project Started 199720032007 Development Team Carnegie Mellon University University of Kent (England) MIT Team LeadRandy PauschMichael KollingMitchel Resnick First Developed University of Virginia BlueJ Team Lifelong Kindergarten Group

3. Design and Usage Original DesignCollege High School and College Elementary School Agepre-CS1/CS114+ years8-16 years GenderGirlsNeutral Typical Usage Storytelling and Games Games and Simulations Music Videos, Storytelling, Games

4. Dimension3D2D Programming Methodology Drag and DropText Based JavaSnap Together User Interface Single Window Multi-Pane Multiple Windows for Code Single Window Multi-Pane Graphics QualityProfessionalGood Programming Environment

5. Programming Paradigm Object Oriented vs. Procedural Object Oriented Procedural OOP and Java One Level of Subclassing Java Object Model No Classes or Inheritance IDE Layout Classes, Methods, Code, World Classes, World Commands, Script, Sprites, Stage Execution MethodInterpretativeCompiledInterpretative

6. Language and Platforms LanguageJava Squeak (Smalltalk) API for User Written Code Coming in Alice 3.0 JavaSmalltalk Platforms Windows, Mac, Linux Pre-Made Images Hundreds Very Professional Limited Significant Number

7. Alice IDE Object TreeToolbar Events EditorWorld View Details Panel Method Editor

8. Alice Play

9. Storytelling Alice IDE Storytelling

10. Storytelling Alice

11. Greenfoot IDE World Toolbar Class Diagram Compile

12. Open Editor Method Editor Open Editor

13. Scratch IDE Command Pallet Command Selection Sprite Scripts Stage

14. Scratch Presentation Mode

15. Learning Themes Encouraging and Empowering Learning Embodied Between Scratch and Greenfoot Teacher Role Learn Entirely thru Play Transitional Relationships Alice → Greenfoot Greenfoot → Eclipse Scratch → Alice Projects On-LineLimitedSeveral HundredSeveral 100,000

16. Teacher Resources Websitewww.alice.orgwww.greenfoot.orgscratch.mit.edu Share Projects None by the Alice Team www.greenfootgallery.org scratch.mit.edu Teacher Resources www.aliceprogramming.net greenroom.greenfoot org scratch.mit.edu Beginners TutorialsFew Excellent

17. Websites

18. Books

19. Greeps Competition

20. Greeps Final Score

21. Tidewater Community College ScoreStudent1st2nd3rd4th5th 249Teresa224242249223229 216Mark216194204209200 167Steven161167 160164 165Andrew161158165160164 163James152145155163157 156Rondrae152153151155156 155Mary147139155 154Tyrance149152133151154 134Andrew118134124115121 132Ryan110132127129115 130Joscelyn12594105115130 127Kyle118127116127121 113Thomas10910394113104 107Stephen105 8799107 102Jordan1001019010295 98Troy8994839873 28Chequana2519261628 3Jeffrey13111 0Lindsey 0Frank 17Number of Students 141Average

22. Governor’s School ScoreStudent1st2nd3rd4th5th 283Kelly271264247246283 273Frederick238222248249273 268Austin268239242240249 258Alexander242237258221246 249Jaquan230226232236249 224Ryan206208218224206 223Bryce222206216202223 220Mia200199220212202 218Zachary215195199203218 217Connor217206190193201 208Zak193208195208 201Will193192201175196 199Jacqueleen191192199179183 190David162161158190179 190Douglas157164190163170 188Kevin202195194178208 184Matei178182177167184 183Emily175183167177159 182Zachary182171172177169 177Megan162163177163173 176Chance176144159161174 176Tiffany169165167176172 175Eddie159160172168175 172Kelvin153154170172164 168Phillip151162165128168 167Robert150167153147143 166Hannah157149166161154 166Graham148158166141151 28Number of Students 204Average

23. Classroom Experience

24. Questions