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“Technology” Results
An Effective Way of Teaching Early Childhood Education Online.
Smita Guha gives suggestions regarding how to successfully conduct early childhood classes online and the results she has found from her own experiences as an instructor in the online delivery format. More...
Children and Computer Technology, Executive Summary
Ten recommendations are presented to ensure proper technology use and opportunities for children. More...
Computers and the Very Young
Paper cautions against the ““earlier the better”” approach to introducing computers to young children. More...
CoSN Response to the Alliance for Childhood Study
This report is CoSN’s response to the reports published by Alliance for Childhood in an effort to reveal that technology use can support human connections and engage children in transforming the world. More...
Developing Criteria for an Online Learning Environment: From the Student and the Faculty Perspective
Paper encourages examination of deeper pedagogical issues rather than logistical questions regarding online education. More...
Emergent Techno-literacy
Marsh presents the argument that techno-literacy is important to prepare children for the technology driven world. More...
Enhancing Teaching with Technology: Are We There Yet?
Paper highlights successful university technology support programs and encourages intentional uses of technology for coursework to enhance pedagogy. More...
Fool’s Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood
This report is a highly controversial and widely disseminated report, often referred to as the most critical report on children’s use of computers available. More...
High Touch in a High Tech World: Strategies for Individualizing Online Learning
Paper cautions educators to not overemphasize online aesthetic presentation while forsaking the need to individualize online educational experiences. Also encourages educators to build relationships between student and instructor. 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...
Strip Mining for Gold: Research and Policy in Educational Technology-A Response to “Fool’s Gold”.
Paper challenges the conclusions to the Fool’s Gold report and its criticism for children’s use and exposure to technology and media. More...
Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology
Paper contends that parents and educators are blindly integrating technology into the lives of young children. 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 Education Development Center/Center for Online Professional Education
EDC’s COPE project has a mission “to promote student learning, improve teaching practices, and provide districts with capacity-building solutions through the use of innovative educational practices and technologies”. E-learning for Educators (Ready to Teach) is funded by US Dept of Ed. To establish state wide programs for teachers. More...
Three Tables Related to Technology-Based Professional Development.
This article discusses the differences between teaching courses in the traditional face to face format with that of the online format. More...
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