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Cate Heroman

Whyzz - 6 views

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    Kids ask lots of questions, right? "Do fish sleep?" "Why do balls bounce?" Sometimes the answers are hard to explain! I came across this website called Whyzz.com. While the site describes it for parents, I think it would be a wonderful resource for teachers, especially when children are engaged in investigative studies. Try it out!
Cate Heroman

Imagination Cubed - 5 views

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    Great open-ended collaborative drawing tool.
Bonnie Blagojevic

PBS KIDS(R) Announces SUPER WHY! App for New iPad -- ARLINGTON, Va., April 2 /PRNewswir... - 4 views

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    Interested to hear if/how people might be using the iPad with young children, to provide new learning opportunities. Please share news/resources about this, and particularly any hands on uses (if you try things out), would love to hear about it.
Bonnie Blagojevic

Weblogg-ed » Kids and the iPad - 8 views

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    Interview with Warren Buckleitner about the use of the iPad with young children.
Emily Jackson Sanborn

Center for Children and Technology - 5 views

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    They research the effect of technology on children's learning.
Bonnie Blagojevic

On Our Minds | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC YC | Yo... - 6 views

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    In September 2008, "Meaningful Technology Integration in Early Learning Environments"
Diane Bales

ipads4education - 4 views

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    Educators discussing ways to use iPads for classroom instruction.
Diane Bales

Cybraryman's Educational Websites - 3 views

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    Ideas about using iPads with children, iPad curriculum, etc.
Bonnie Blagojevic

Learning, Digital Media and Creative Play in Early Childhood | Spotlight on Digital Med... - 6 views

  • Parents need help figuring out how to set limits with new media and making sure it doesn’t replace one-on-one time talking with their children, which experts agree is still the most valuable learning tool of all.
  • in addition to identifying quality in children’s media, is getting parents to understand the importance of setting limits and guiding their children’s media play.
  • before using technology with young children, teachers and parents should ask themselves: “What’s the value added at this particular developmental level?” and, “What can technology offer that other things can’t offer?”
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  • “What are really useful are the interactive and empowering tools.”
  • “I get nervous when people just close the door on technology in preschool,” she said. “There’s an opening of windows onto new worlds that can occur when you have a computer there – a YouTube video or a Skype chat with other preschools in Sweden or Singapore. These are especially magical moments that can happen with young kids -  especially when they just don’t get that otherwise.”
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