educational technology @ early childhood education
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Educational Technology in Early Childhood Education
Dr.C.Karthik DeepaAssistant Professor
Department of EducationAvinashilingam Institute for Home Science And Higher Education for
WomenCoimbatore
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.
