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Alice is an innovative block-based programming environment that makes it easy to create animations, build interactive narratives, or program simple games in 3D. Unlike many of the puzzle-based coding applications Alice motivates learning through creativite exploration. Alice is designed to teach logical and computational thinking skills, fundamental principles of programming and to be a first exposure to object-oriented programming. The Alice Project provides supplemental tools and materials for teaching using Alice across a spectrum of ages and subject matter with proven benefits in engaging and retaining diverse and underserved groups in computer science education.

The interface of the application is easy to use but requires some time to become accustomed to all the available tools. Although the program package does not include a detailed documentation, you can find several video tutorials and materials on the developer’s website. Since it deals with 3D animations, the program requires significant resources to smoothly build, preview and export the animation. It is created with Java which makes it available for multiple platforms.