Our goal is to help early childhood educators connect the dots between what we know about child development, early learning, developmentally appropriate practice, teaching practices, children's media research, teacher education and professional development practices with what we are learning about the appropriate and
intentional use of technology tools and digital media with young children.
Bailey, M., Appel, A. (2013) Effective, Appropriate and
Intentional Use of Technology Tools in Early Childhood Classrooms.
Not exact matches
In 2015, I looked PAST FORWARD when I wrote these words in the introduction in my book,
Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years: Tools for Teaching and Learning in the Early Years, «Perhaps it is the blending and balancing of interactive technology and interactions with others that offers the most promise for effective and appropriate uses of technology in the early years — closely connecting Fred Rogers» approach with our emerging understanding of appropriate and intentional use of digital media to support early learning» (Donohue, 20
Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years:
Tools for Teaching and Learning in the Early Years, «Perhaps it is the blending and balancing
of interactive
technology and interactions with others that offers the most promise for effective and appropriate uses of technology in the early years — closely connecting Fred Rogers» approach with our emerging understanding of appropriate and intentional use of digital media to support early learning» (Donohue, 20
technology and interactions with others that offers the most promise for effective and appropriate
uses of technology in the early years — closely connecting Fred Rogers» approach with our emerging understanding of appropriate and intentional use of digital media to support early learning» (Donohue, 20
technology in the early years — closely connecting Fred Rogers» approach with our emerging understanding
of appropriate and
intentional use of digital media to support early learning» (Donohue, 2015, p. 3).
We've gone from worrying about if we should allow
technology in early childhood classrooms to deeper conversations about: appropriate and
intentional use; tech integration; addressing issues
of access, equity and diversity; connections between formal and informal learning; new
tools for family engagement; and the role
of educators as media mentors.
The TEC Center story began with identifying and sharing appropriate and
intentional uses of technology in the early years — offering early childhood educators guidelines for selecting,
using, integrating and evaluating
technology tools for learning.
This session is part
of the TEC Track Series
of Webinars sponsored by the TEC Center at Erkison Institute — an innovative online community dedicated to the effective, appropriate, and
intentional use of technology and interactive media as
tools with young children.