educational technology @ early childhood education

Educational Technology in Early Childhood Education

Dr.C.Karthik DeepaAssistant Professor

Department of EducationAvinashilingam Institute for Home Science And Higher Education for

WomenCoimbatore

cherrydeepa@gmail.com9976131831

Early Education

Early childhood education (ECE)/Early Education

• Early childhood education (ECE) is a branch of educational theory which relates to the teaching of young children up until the age of about eight, with a particular focus on developmental education, most notable before the start of compulsory education.

Are Computers Developmentally Appropriate?

• Most experts believe computers are not developmentally appropriate for children under the age of three (Elkind, 1998; Haugland, 1999; NAEYC, 1996).

The developmental needs of children

Concrete learners (Developmentally within Piaget’s preoperational stage)– interested in using newly learned

symbolic representation– Extremely active and mobile– they need frequent changes in

learning modalities – they want a variety of physical

experiences

Howard Gardner

– young children exhibit a diversity of learning styles, and that the optimum way for many children to learn is not the traditional teacher-directed, verbal approach (Gardner, 1987).

– different learning approaches– larger diversity of children

What if there is no integration of technology?

• If computers are not fully integrated into the overall curriculum, they can actually negatively impact children’s creativity (Haugland, 1982). 

When nurse says have a look at your baby?

The Neo-Gen Alphabet

Effect of technology among the people & environments that surround young children’s learning

Technologies offer new opportunities to strengthen many aspects of ECE.

Support & interest for the development & integration of ICT into education policy, curriculum, and practice.

Appropriate use of TechnologyHardware

Devices & Software's

To integrate computers effectively, these steps must occur:

• Create a support team• appropriate software• appropriate web sites• computers that can run the software

selected, and easily upgraded• adequate and periodic staff training

– use of computers – integrating the computers into the curriculum

• Integrate computer resources in the classroom.