Alice.org is a webpage for 3-D programming particularly aimed at educational uses. Alice is the creation of Carnegie Mellon University as part of a larger collaboration on interactive educational software with an number of different universities. The program teaches students fundamental object-oriented programming techniques by helping them create animated movies and simple video games in the classroom.
The Alice.org website is designed to allow teachers and others interested in the application to access information about it and download various versions tailored by age group. Storytelling Alice is intended for middle school students, while Alice 2.2 is built for high school and college. There is also a 3D models gallery available for download, plus a sneak peek at the newest version of the program. In order to gather feedback and share tips and tricks, the program creators have a series of community forums hosted on Alice.org in addition to a wide range of teaching materials for download. Teachers may also subscribe to an educator mailing list that provides up to date news about applications and creations. The Teaching segment of the site includes all this material plus a list of schools currently using Alice, tutorials and textbooks. There is an extremely helpful, frequently-updated blog available, and there are links to news stories and research papers about the creation, improvement and use of Alice in schools. Current users have access to a comprehensive support section, with FAQs, troubleshooting tips and information on known bugs that affect the smooth operation of this unique educational system.
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