Teaching Teaching Young Young

Children With Children With TechnolgogyTechnolgogy

Kamrie LittlefieldKamrie Littlefield

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How to Successfully Integrate How to Successfully Integrate

TechnologyTechnology::General GuidelinesGeneral Guidelines

For effective use in For effective use in ECE:ECE:

When selecting When selecting technology it is important technology it is important to choose material that is to choose material that is Developmentally Developmentally Appropriate.Appropriate.

Technology should be Technology should be used used in addition in addition to hands-to hands-on learning.on learning.

Technology should involve Technology should involve many senses and include many senses and include sound, music, and voice.sound, music, and voice.

-“Early Connections”-“Early Connections”

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Enhancing Enhancing LanguageLanguage and and LiteracyLiteracy DevelopmentDevelopment

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-”Technology in Early Childhood Education:Finding the Balance”

Technology Enhances Technology Enhances LanguageLanguage

When technology in a When technology in a classroom is set up to classroom is set up to encourage interaction, encourage interaction, language development language development increases.increases.

Computer play Computer play encourages longer, more encourages longer, more complex speech and complex speech and development of fluency.development of fluency.

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Children tend to narrate what they are Children tend to narrate what they are doing as they draw pictures or move doing as they draw pictures or move objects around on the screen - thus, objects around on the screen - thus, allowing practice for the development of allowing practice for the development of language.language.

-”Technology in Early Childhood Education:Finding the Balance”

Technology Enhances Technology Enhances LiteracyLiteracy

Writing on a computer Writing on a computer allows children to allows children to compose and revise compose and revise text without being text without being distracted by the fine distracted by the fine motor aspects of motor aspects of letter formation.letter formation.

Telling a story Telling a story digitally children digitally children increase their increase their understanding that understanding that print carries a print carries a message and they will message and they will love to see their type-love to see their type-written creations.written creations.

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-”Technology in Early Childhood Education:Finding the Balance”

Programs to Use With Young Programs to Use With Young ChildrenChildren

Clifford’s Interactive StorybooksClifford’s Interactive Storybooks

Activities found at Activities found at http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm provide many opportunities for children to increase and practice skills pertaining to phonemic awareness.

Great for a technology Great for a technology center activity!center activity!

Help Zac Write LetterHelp Zac Write Letter

Programs to Use With Young Programs to Use With Young ChildrenChildren

This activity found at This activity found at http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/grandparents/play.htm?f capitalizes on using technology to help children focus on the writing process.

Helps children Helps children understand forms and understand forms and functions of print functions of print (letter writing) and (letter writing) and syntactical rules.syntactical rules.