The analogy doesn't quite fit, as it's possible to do complex things in all of those tools and it's easy to do simple things in EToys. Each Activity can be used in this learning model, e.g. training wheels to motorbike.<br>
<br>Tim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 September 2010 05:48, Cherry Withers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cwithers@ekindling.org">cwithers@ekindling.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>And Scratch? ... don't remember where I read it, but it sounded logical to me.</div><div><br></div><div>
Use progressively difficult tools for progressively difficult tasks.</div><div><br></div><div>To confirm this statement, I add the phrase: "Visible learning, invisible technology".</div><div><br></div><div>Children would first learn TurtleArt.</div>
<div><br></div><div>When they outgrow it switch to Scratch.</div><div><br></div><div>When all its possibilities are exhausted, continue with eToys.</div></blockquote></div>