Which Alice Should I Use We are working hard to bring the same level of ease of use and curricular support to Alice 3 with the hope that it can stand alone and function as tool that can be introduced early and revisited throughout the early computer science learning trajectory all the way till transitioning into text based coding in Java. We do get this question a lot and the answers are mixed when we asked teachers. For many it is primarily a question of comfortability and access to the appropriate supporting materials for their usage. For some Alice 2 is simpler and more accessible at younger ages or for the earliest intro courses and projects, however there are teachers using Alice 3 with students as early as 6th grade (and sometimes even earlier) so this is not a hard and fast rule based on feedback. Some teachers are using both Alice 2 and Alice 3 that have elected to transfer the students from one to another depending on the teaching goals and skills of the students. Please feel free to review the or even better reach out to our teacher community through our to find the right support and solution for your application.
Java + Alice: Create, animate, play, learn! Inspiring the next generation of computer scientists Alice is an innovative programming environment that makes it easy to create animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a sharing a video on the web.
The beta release of Alice 3, the latest version of a unique software environment that makes learning computer programming fun, is now available as a free download.
Alice uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to make the learning experience fun and engaging. Designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming, it is a fun and easy way to begin learning the Java programming language.
The Alice teaching tool was created by Carnegie Mellon University and is available for free at alice.org! Java + Alice: Turning abstraction into animation.