Adventures in Alice

What and where is "the cloud"? The lesson teaches scholars about the history of cloud computing and about its current uses. It also teaches how to install a multiple guest OS in a host OS and how to use cloud computing services.

Middle schoolers explore multimedia components. In this science inquiry instructional activity, students read "Invitation to the Game" by Monica Hughes and they use the Alice Computer Programming System to better understand population...

Students examine the Alice Program. In this computer programming lesson, students use the drag and drop program method and view a PowerPoint presentation. Students will then create a snowman by using the drag and drop method.

Do it, or else! In conversation, this sounds like an ultimatum, but when writing code, it's a normal way to communicate with a computer. This video shows how to extend our previously used conditional if statement to include the else...

Draw a rainbow over the rainbow. The second segment in a series of six has the class practice using functions to edit a program that draws a rainbow. After creating the function, the interactive lesson challenges pupils to create another...

Jeannette M. Wing, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, discusses how, like reading writing and math, computational thinking skills will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world. [1:05:58]

Let the sun shine as your young coders move the clouds across the sky while practicing animation coding skills in JavaScript. Younger learners may benefit from more guided help or a whole-class discussion before trying this coding...

Create a list of your favorite foods while you practice writing text in JavaScript. Use fill, textSize, and text functions. This is a quick activity that helps solidify basic skills. Expand with additional challenges...

Students develop their technology skills. For this computer programming lesson, students use Alice software to complete programming tasks and ultimately to program a video game or movie.

A discussion of the similarities and differences between Java and C++. The pros and cons of each language are demonstrated through example as well. [6:13]