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Integrating Computing into K-12 Mathematics
Susan Rodger, Richard Lucic, Melissa Dalis,Peggy Li, Chitra Gadwal and Wenhui Zhang
Duke Universitywww.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice/aliceInSchools
ICA CON 2012Research Triangle Park, NC
April 19, 2012
Supported by IBM Faculty Awards, the National Science Foundation Collaborative Grant DRL-1031351, a CRA distributed mentor award.
• Integrate Alice into high school and middle schools by training teachers – all disciplines
• Summer workshops for teachers in 2008 -2011, more in 2012
• Alice Symposium in 2009, next one in 2013• Developed free web tutorials– CS topics– Animation topics– Projects
Adventures in Alice Programming
Integrating Alice Virtual Worlds into K-12
• Alice is– Hands-on!– Interactive!– Visual!– Less Error prone– Exciting Results right away!
• Alice has the potential to excite kids about computer science in the same way that experiments excite kids about chemistry, physics and biology!
Math Example:Teacher Lesson Plan on quadrant plane
• Click on lighthouse
• Enter x,y position
• Objects randomly move
Random Sampling
Math Story – Variables/Algebra
Game with
Scientific Notation
Game with guessing new prices based on percentage discounts
User generates the data and then the
bar graph is created
Shows how the population of fish
changes over several rounds
Example – Collect data and create bar graph
Example: Plot points based on bike ride
Adventure Game
Language Arts Project: Book Report
Science Example – How Volcanoes Form
Virtual Computing Lab
What is it?A Computing Environment Delivery Service (Cloud Computing)Remote Access to High-End SoftwareAnytime, Anywhere, On Demand Computing
Motivation for Teachers
Shared Compute Resources (Always On)Custom Compute Environments (Can be Saved and Recalled at a Later Date)"Distributed" EducationIncreased Utilization of Hardware, While Meeting the Needs of Teachers and Students
Value for TeachersUpdate one (the VCL), run many (student machines)Shared LibrariesUbiquitous AccessShared Resources, Help Files, etc.CIPA Compliant (per Durham Public School District Standards)
Web site• Adventures in Alice Programming www.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice/aliceInSchools