Alice in the News
The following is a list of published news articles about Alice that are available online. If you know of one that we have missed or if any of the links are now dead, please contact us so we can update this list!
December 10, 2007
"Professor Developed Alice Animation Tool to Teach Computer Programming", featured on WebWire
November 4, 2007
"2008 SIGCSE Awards Announced", by jd for Diversity Through Accessibility: The 39th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education [Blog]
November 1, 2007
"What I learned from Alice", featured on Aimless Wonderings [Blog]
November 1, 2007
"Free download teaches programming", by Rick for Innovative Tech News [Blog]
October 31, 2007
"Alice in Wonderland", by Agylegeik for SurfPearls [Blog]
October 31, 2007
"A Programming Language Called Alice", by Jonathan Erickson for Dr. Dobb's Report [Blog]
October 27, 2007
"Alice - A cool (free!) piece of programming software", by Library Slim for Library Slim [Blog]
October 24, 2007
"Getting Girls into Tech", by Chris Rachael Oseland for Chris Rachael and Chaz's Domestic Tranquility [Blog]
October 22, 2007
"Getting Kids Into Computer Programming", featured on KOTV 6 News (Tulsa)
October 2007
"Alice: Teaching Programming through 3D Animation and Storytelling", by Douglas Phillips for Carnegie Mellon Corporate Visitors News
October 10, 2007
"Alice 3.0 Software Soon to be Released from Carnegie Mellon", by Sean Snyder for Design News
September 30, 2007
"Kids Creating Computer Games", featured on Ivanhoe Broadcast News
August 8, 2007
"Helping teachers find the next wave of computer programmers", by Andy Smith for the Providence Journal
July 17, 2007
"Fox6 At Your School: UAB Outreach", featured on Fox 6 News (Video)
July 16, 2007
"Museum to screen short films", by Thomas Harrison for the Press-Register
July 9, 2007
"Success in AP Computer Science A leads toward declining rate?", featured on Higgy's Blog
June 22, 2007
"Unique Tools to Teach Young Students about Programming", featured on University of Arkansas - Fort Smith News
June 4, 2007
"Teachers from 30 schools attend Carnegie Mellon workshop", featured on The Peninsula - Qatar's Leading English Daily
June 4, 2007
"One hundred teachers took part in a workshop held by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Computer Science faculty members", featured on Al Bawaba
May 22, 2007
"Programming with Pictures" by Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed
May 20, 2007
"Seminar for local teachers", featured on The Peninsula - Qatar's Leading English Daily
March 19, 2007
"Girls Ask Alice for Programming Skills" by Darryl K. Taft for eWeek
January 18, 2007
"Carnegie Mellon's ETC Opens in Silicon Valley", featured on ETC News
November 7, 2006
"Can The Sims Make Programming Cool Again?" by Reena Jana for Business Week
November 3, 2006
"Tech college begins offering programming courses", featured on The Emporia Gazette
October 20, 2006
"Computer Educators Get Their Game On", by Julie Vallone for Investor's Business Daily (and featured on Digital Divide Network)
August 2006
"Microsoft's Future Is... Robotics?" by Mary Jo Foley for Redmond Mag (scroll to the very bottom...it's easy to miss)
July 17, 2006
"New Recruits Still Scarce" by Drew Robb from ComputerWorld
May 7, 2006
"Welcome to the New Dollhouse" by Seth Schiesel for The New York Times
April 23, 2006
"Wanted: Girls interested in computers" by Amy Kane for Seacoast Online
March 29, 2006
"CMU uses game maker's characters to interest girls in computer programming" by Mark Roth for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 16, 2006
"The Sims Chosen To Teach Computer Science" by Jason Lee Miller for WebProNews
March 14, 2006
"Carnegie Mellon to use 'Sims' in educational software" by Daniel Lovering (Associated Press), featured on USA Today
March 13, 2006
"Sims lend a hand to budding programmers" by Alan Boyle for MSNBC
March 10, 2006
"CMU rasing Sims" by Kim Leonard for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 10, 2006
Alice 3.0 Press Release
February 22, 2006
"Programming with Alice" by Emily Sohn for Science News for Kids
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