On 02/26/2010 01:29 PM, Kurt Gramlich wrote: > * Cherry Withers<cwith...@ekindling.org> [100226 07:42]: > >> Gerald, >> >> It's definitely a balancing act trying to get them to focus on finishing up >> something and getting them to explore. Once they realize that they >> can affect the object by scripts they just want to do everything they can >> possibly do in one sitting (dragging and dropping tiles in one script window >> ..then I'm in fire fighting mode). Too much resulted in chaos in my class. >> Not doing THAT again. I now give them some time to go nuts on exploration >> then pull them back in to finish a project. Now I'm introducing just a max >> of two concepts (or tiles) in one 40min. session.
And 40 minutes are short :/ I definitely have learned by now that you have to teach smaller pieces so the concepts are understood well. I will hand out Sugar on Stick [1] to my learners this week and I am very excited how that will effect their learning curve. They have time to explore at home and I am sure this will advance my learners quickly. >> Kathleen Harness has really good lesson plans for teaching one concept at a >> time: www.etoysillionois.org Thanks for sharing this great resource. I really like the step by step tutorials made by waveplace [2]. That helped me a lot to get into Etoys. Regards, Simon [1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick [2] http://waveplace.com/resources/courseware/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep