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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