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Some examples of using technology with young children are included along with app reviews, etc.

Interesting food for thought about the effects of constant tech use on children. It's not clear how much actual research is out there yet; this sounds like more of an opinion piece. But it's an issue worth watching.

Here's a post I wrote to introduce our readers to the NAEYC position statement and the pending revisions. There are so many issues I didn't have time to dive into, and I will continue to learn more this summer, but please chime in if you see a big miss or want to add to the dialogue. Thanks.

This paper, Investigating Analytic Tools for e-Book Design in Early Literacy Learning (available as PDF download) speaks to the importance of good design elements, for e-books to realize their potential to benefit children. Appreciated the list of design principles in Appendix A/considerations for evaluating design elements.

This app was created with Eric Carle and uses his illustrations for simple games. They will be adding more games, which you will have to purchase, as they are created, all based on Eric Carle books. Very nice app for young children

Interesting- magazine publishers (Cricket Magazine's group) starting to make the shift to mobile computing, with the release of an app for children aged 2-6.

Apps for children

Twitter is an easy way to communicate with friends, co-workers, and other people. For us, as teachers, it is a great way to communicate with parents what is happening in the classroom!

Twitter has become a very popular site over the last 2 years. This site would be more appropriate for teachers and parents. Teachers could follow someone in the public eye that has importance to education, and parents can follow teachers. By "follow", I mean that if you "follow" someone, you receive updates from them to your phone and/or web. It is a great way to stay connected! Many times parents are curious as to what their children are doing/learning that moment, and teachers can express this through using Twitter.

After evaluating this site even more, there is not always a guarantee that a website that is posted to someone's update would work or be available. This could cause concern and frustration for a parent or student trying to stay in communication with a teacher through Twitter.

I believe other sites specific to young children blogging will serve our purposes better.

I found the website that links you to other websites about using technology in the classroom and using technology when working with children with disabilities.

i was not able to download it since it states that it is for PCs and I have a Mac.

They sell stuff. Site is for moms to socialize. I don't see the emphasis of technology used with young children.

Carepages is a site that allows individuals undergoing a health care challenge to connect with others going through the same experience. Families are also able to create their own blogs and websites where they can share updates with family and friends. Carepages provides support, community, and resources for anyone needing information and help during these trying times.Teachers can use this site to gain knowledge of conditions that might be affecting their students as well as by providing them with a way to check in on a student who might be in the hospital.

Carepages are a great way for families and patients to keep family and friends updated both in and out of the hospital. They would also be a great way for teachers and students to stay in touch with a friend who is in the hospital and missing school.

A website that connects patients during a "health challenge." This site, like CaringBridge, is for ill children and families and has information, discussion boards, and blogging. Although useful for a certain segment of the population, does it belong on techhome?

List and examples of many different types of technology that young children could use to create, communicate, and share and organize their learning. All examples have links to the actual tools used to create them.

A friend of mine's three-year-old son can turn on a computer, direct the internet browser to YouTube and search for funny video clips. When I learned this I thought, "there's no way." But it's amazing what kids are capable of. These so-called digital natives never knew of a world without computers, cell phones, or the internet. I read about a couple who develop iPhone games for kids, and use their three-year-old as the guinea pig. Parents often rely on their kids to show them how this stuff works, leaving them wondering how they're supposed to, well, be the parents here. We wanted to find out how parents can encourage their kids' use of technology without losing control. So we called up two experts in the field. First, Warren Buckleitner, editor of Children's Technology Review, and author of a recent study on young children's tech habits, and Lisa Guernsey, senior policy analyst at New America Foundation, and author of the 2007 book Into the Minds of Babes.