Paul is right .. the Alice for 3D programming is neat. My primary-school aged kids taught themselves much about how to use it without my direct instruction, making small movies to show off something using just the built in tutorials.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/31 Dr Paul Chandler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.chandler@une.edu.au">paul.chandler@une.edu.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
There are several Alices around ... not all that many years ago, Nigel<br>
Thomas from RMIT had a CPU simulator (a "glass computer") called Alice.<br>
<br>
But such things bear no relationship to <a href="http://www.alice.org" target="_blank">www.alice.org</a>, which is very good<br>
stuff and all about 3D and programming.<br>
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> I think the Alice you are referring to is a DOS program. The Alice I<br>
> referred to is a 3D programming language and has a closer relationship to<br>
> Java.<br>
><br>
> Phil<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Jim Maunder<br>
> <<a href="mailto:techo@ruyton.vic.edu.au">techo@ruyton.vic.edu.au</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Is this any relation to 'Alice Pascal'? see<br>
>> <a href="http://www.templetons.com/brad/alice.html" target="_blank">http://www.templetons.com/brad/alice.html</a><br>
>> I can't see any reference to it in either site.<br>
>><br>
>> About half a lifetime ago while doing a Grad Dip Comp by distance<br>
>> education<br>
>> from Deakin I used Alice Pascal to help me with assignments. The 'fill<br>
>> in<br>
>> the blanks' sty;e of developing code was great for learning how to do<br>
>> it.<br>
>><br>
>> rgds<br>
>> Jim<br>
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>> >>> Phil Brown<<a href="mailto:pdbrown@gmail.com">pdbrown@gmail.com</a>> 28/08/2009 1:49 PM >>><br>
>> Hi All,<br>
>><br>
>> I'm not going to cross post after this one - I'll just post to the<br>
>> elearning list.<br>
>><br>
>> [image: Alice.png]<br>
>><br>
>> Here's a great 3D programing program called Alice and it's a lot like<br>
>> scratch. This is how it is described on the web site: *Alice is an<br>
>> innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an<br>
>> animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video<br>
>> to<br>
>> share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.<br>
>> It<br>
>> uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more<br>
>> engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. *<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://Alice.org" target="_blank">http://Alice.org</a><br>
>><br>
>> Phil Brown<br>
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