Hi Jackie -
You did not mention the grade level you are using when introducing Alice, so I can only share how I use Alice.
I introduce 9th Grade students to Alice as an introductory course in the fundamentals of very basic programming concepts. I do not use the Java Style settings. That tends to confuse my age group.
Thanks to the wisdom of the College Board in their "
wise" (ignore any sarcasim) decision to discontinue the Computer Science Advanced Placement 'AB' Exam after this year (sarcasim intended), I have had to revamp the computer course I teach at a dual-curriculm private high school.
This year I use Alice to introduce students to programming, then during their 10th grade we move to Visual Basic.Net, and for their 11-12th grade we program in Java.
I hope this helps and good luck,