Resource Database
“Early Learning” Results
A Long Awaited Conversation: Dialogue to Bridge the High Tech/High Touch Gap in Early Childhood Work
This meeting summary focuses on the need to provide professional development to large numbers of early care and education professionals and the need to improve the educational levels of current and prospective early childhood professionals. More...
Baby Videos Deceptive, Advocacy Group Argues
In the Complaint, CCFC said Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby lure parents into thinking babies will be smarter if they watch the videos. More...
Computers and the Very Young
Paper cautions against the ““earlier the better”” approach to introducing computers to young children. More...
Innovations in E-learning: New Promises for Professional Development
This article cites the benefits of technology tools for the field of early childhood professional development and education while also highlighting successful models. More...
New Tricks Help Old Stay on Air
The article discusses how the television program Blue’s Clues, of Nickelodeon company, maintained its relationship with its viewers despite the changes in its hosts and characters in Great Britain. More...
PBS Parents
From the website: Welcome to PBS Parents, the trusted online resource that’s filled with information about your child’s development from birth through the early school years. More...
Set-Free
This article offers suggestions on keeping children from watching too much television. More...
Setting Limits on Screen Time
The article discusses how to bring back balance into media diets of children. More...
Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
From the website: Spotlight covers the intersections of technology and education, going behind the research to show how digital media is used in and out of classrooms to expand learning. More...
Technology and Early Childhood Professional Development: A Policy Discussion
This report, including 10 recommendations, resulted from a meeting of policymakers and practitioners regarding technology and early childhood professional development. More...
The Evil Screen’s Plot to Take Over the 2-and Under World, New York Times, p. E1
Sesame Beginnings, a DVD designed for children 2 years of age and younger, is discussed. More...
TiVo to Offer Tighter Rein in Children’s Viewing
The article reports on the launching of KidZone software from TiVo, Inc. More...
When Toddlers Turn on the TV and Actually Learn
Developmental psychologists say the Vanderbilt research offers intriguing clues to a phenomenon called the “video deficit.” More...
Young Children’s Use of Video as a Source of Socially Relevant Information
In the 2 current experiments, the effect of social feedback on 2-year-olds’ use of information from video was assessed. More...
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