Etoys is a modeling tool

Mark Guzdial cites Adele Goldberg in his blog today, emphasizing, that the focus should be on "modeling" instead of "programming". I think this is exactly what Etoys is made for. Not to learn how to program, but as a tool to be able to model a real world phenomenon.  Read more in his blog:

http://computinged.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/adele-goldberg-modeling-not-programming/

You can also get the book Points of View: A Tribute to Alan Kay here:


http://vpri.org/pov/