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Warren Buckleitner

HINTS Lab: Projects - 0 views

depts.washington.edu/...projects.shtml

techchildren

shared by Warren Buckleitner on 02 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Robotic Pets & Preschoolers [pdf]  [top] This study examined preschool children’s reasoning about and behavioral interactions with one of the most advanced robotic pets currently on the retail market, Sony’s robotic dog AIBO. Eighty children, equally divided between two age groups, 34–50 months and 58–74 months, participated in individual sessions with two artifacts: AIBO and a stuffed dog. Evaluation and justification results showed similarities in children’s reasoning across artifacts. In contrast, children engaged more often in apprehensive behavior and attempts at reciprocity with AIBO, and more often mistreated the stuffed dog and endowed it with animation. Discussion focuses on how robotic pets, as representative of an emerging technological genre, may be (a) blurring foundational ontological categories, and (b) impacting children’s social and moral development.
    • Warren Buckleitner
      Warren Buckleitner on 02 Apr 09
       
      You can't fool a kid. They know the difference between a real dog and a fake one. Or do they? It makes sense that children pick this up at 24 months, when they start reprentational thought. I'd like to read the full study...
  • Warren Buckleitner on 02 Apr 09
     
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  • Warren Buckleitner on 02 Apr 09
     
    Robotic Pets & Preschoolers [pdf] [top] This study examined preschool children's reasoning about and behavioral interactions with one of the most advanced robotic pets currently on the retail market, Sony's robotic dog AIBO. Eighty children, equally divided between two age groups, 34-50 months and 58-74 months, participated in individual sessions with two artifacts: AIBO and a stuffed dog. Evaluation and justification results showed similarities in children's reasoning across artifacts. In contrast, children engaged more often in apprehensive behavior and attempts at reciprocity with AIBO, and more often mistreated the stuffed dog and endowed it with animation. Discussion focuses on how robotic pets, as representative of an emerging technological genre, may be (a) blurring foundational ontological categories, and (b) impacting children's social and moral development.
Allison Jennings

ImageChef - Word Mosaic - 7 views

I like that there are instructions on the site to help you. It is also nice that after you are done designing you can easily email or post to another website. I agree that it would be a great too...

artwork and image creation blogging

started by Wendi Loggins on 29 Oct 09 1 follow-up, last by Allison Jennings on 29 Oct 09
Tanya Ramsay

The Role of Delicious in Education - 4 views

www.scribd.com/...Role-of-Delicious-in-Education

delicious education web2.0 socialbookmarking network collaboration research

shared by Tanya Ramsay on 21 Nov 11 - Cached
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  • Because tagging is a very personal procedure14, many users don’t know how to designate sites, which leads to different styles of bookmarking the Web15. Javier Cañadas (2006) suggests four styles of tagging for del.icio.us users:
  • The selfish style. We tag only according to our individual context. Our tags have personal meaning (only for our own benefit), are irrelevant to other users and difficult to place in the social context of the del.icio.us network of users (for example, Oliver, for Tiya, etc. are tags which indicate resources saved for my husband or for my daughter). In time, it is possible that this type of user will classify content under generally accepted, more theme-oriented tags. This doesn’t exclude selfishness, but attributes a certain social utility to tags. The social benefit of such a classification consists in the user’s maturity.
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  • The friendly type. We tag for the people we know: friends, colleagues, project partners, etc. This style is typical both for large groups and for small ones. The social benefit is great and the motivation lies in belonging to a group, in the desire to share with others what you know, to contribute to online content.
  • The altruist type. We use tags as general as possible and as many as we can for a resource. We try, using key words, to describe as objectively/realistically as possible the resource that we post, so that it is of interest to the great majority of users of the most popular social bookmarking service. The social benefit is huge because it involves generosity.
  • The popular style. Popular tagging is used in order to get more views. There is absolutely no social benefit. Such tagging is considered spagging = spam+tagging16 (we find resources marked with top10, sex, interesting, etc.). This tagging procedure is considered artificial and is disapproved by the rest of the users because it reflects the tendency of some marketers to get a better position in the lists of results posted by search engines17.
Tiffany Kloes

Topics in Early Childhood Education - 0 views

eceducation.blogspot.com

education

shared by Tiffany Kloes on 02 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Tiffany Kloes on 02 Mar 09
     
    This is a blog written by John Funk who "has worked in the early childhood field since 1979. He has taught preschool, first and second grades, and he spent the largest part of his teaching career in kindergarten. Mr. Funk was named "Utah Teacher of the Year" in 1996. He has worked as an early childhood specialist for a large school district and has managed early childhood services for Salt Lake CAP Head Start. He is past president of the Utah AEYC. As an early childhood, reading, and literacy consultant for the last decade, he has written on early childhood subjects and products for McGraw Hill and Leap Frog. He served on the editorial panel for Young Children magazine published by NAEYC. Currently, Mr. Funk is the Manager of Educational Programs for Excelligence Learning Corporation, and he teaches courses in children's literature and early reading at the University of Utah."
Alicia Caldwell

Glogster - 4 views

I think that this is a great alternative to the traditional poster and markers. Since it is something that many students have probably never used before, I think they would be excited to try it. ...

techchildren techeducators artwork and image creation

started by Kimberly Wood on 25 Oct 09 1 follow-up, last by Alicia Caldwell on 26 Oct 09
Michelle Appelman

Dabbleboard and Photo Story 3 - 20 views

Both of these websites seem really great and appropriate for early childhood. I really enjoyed learning about Photo Story. It seems like a great project for students. I loved the fact that they can...

techchildren techeducators techhome artwork and image creation photo editing collaborative document storybook

started by Alicia Caldwell on 26 Oct 09 1 follow-up, last by Michelle Appelman on 31 Oct 09
Alisa Hilley

Dashboard | Diigo: Wetpaint - 0 views

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http:_wikisineducation.wetpaint.com

shared by Alisa Hilley on 02 Mar 09 - No Cached
  • Alisa Hilley on 02 Mar 09
     
    "A Wetpaint website is built on the power of collaborative thinking. Here, you can create websites that mix all the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks into a rich, user-generated community based around the whatever-it-is that rocks your socks. A social website that's so easy to use, anyone can participate."\n About Us. (2009). retrieved February 28, 2009 , from WetPaint Web Site: http://www.wetpaint.com/page/about \n\n Technology has become such a great assessment and device to drive and promote learning in the classroom. I believe that it would behoove teachers to take advantages of these new tools and incorporate them in the classroom. Technology has open so many new ways to allow teachers and students to collaborate while learning, and WetPaint is the way to go. By using WetPaint, Teachers can create blogs for their classrooms; which may include, syllabus, information, assignment, etc. The students of the classroom can join the bog and post new information, ask questions, work on projects, etc. WetPaint can be used in classrooms of different ages. The teacher can disable ads and other information that children may not need to see. Parents can also read the blogs. This allows a chance for parents to know what their children are learning and promote these ideas at home. WetPaint is can become child-directed, if the teacher is will to make it that way. If teachers allow children a chance to learn about and experience this in the classroom, WetPaint can become a very child-directed technology. The possibilities are endless with using WetPaint.
Minsu Song

Early Childhood - 0 views

earlychild.blogspot.com

ECETECH techchildren techeducators techresearch blogs

shared by Minsu Song on 25 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Minsu Song on 25 Feb 09
     
    The Early Childhood blog is concerned with policy issues and practices relevant to the field of early childhood studies. It is hoped that it will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners. Blogs include Ending a child poverty in a changing economy, Majority of chilldren living in poverty have at least one parent in work, Why is the dawn-to-dusk extended schools scheme failing the very families it is meant to help? These blogs are posted by different individuals, foundations and others who are interested in the field of early childhood education.
anonymous

ePals - 8 views

ePals is a great educational tool that allows teacher to connect and collaborate with other classrooms in more than 200 countries and territories. ePals is also user friendly in that is allows for...

techchildren techeducators

started by anonymous on 24 Feb 09 no follow-up yet
Nikki Gibbs

Storybird - 13 views

Storybird is a really fun, interactive, and collaborative site. I know that I'm not the most creative person and have a hard time getting started with things coming up with a story line, so I love ...

techchildren techeducators techhome storybook creation creativity digitalstorytelling classroom storytelling collaborativedocumentcreation

started by Lauren Braucher on 03 Nov 09 2 follow-ups, last by Nikki Gibbs on 03 Nov 09
Annalise Walker

Free patient websites, blogs, support and community - CarePages.com - 0 views

www.carepages.com

techhome support family healthcare illness blogs

shared by Annalise Walker on 01 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Annalise Walker on 01 Mar 09
     
    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.
  • Annalise Walker on 01 Mar 09
     
    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.
  • Jocelynn Smrekar on 25 Oct 09
     
    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?
Bonnie Blagojevic

CaringBridge - 13 views

My experience with CaringBridge is that it is extremely helpful, and can truly help parents/families when a child is ill, as the original poster suggested. I think it would be an excellent support,...

techhome techchildren techeducators support family blog

started by cejacks on 02 Mar 09 2 follow-ups, last by Bonnie Blagojevic on 29 Oct 09
Macy Stewart

Twitter in a Classroom - 12 views

Twitter is a useful tool for an ECE teacher to communicate with parents of students. This is an easy way for parents to be informed on what is going on in their child's school and classroom.

started by Handley Wright on 02 Mar 09 1 follow-up, last by Macy Stewart on 03 Nov 09
Emily Kmetz

Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom - 12 views

teacher.scholastic.com/...using_technology.htm

techeducators

shared by Emily Kmetz on 24 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Modern technologies are very powerful because they rely on one of the most powerful genetic biases we do have — the preference for visually presented information.
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  • The developing child requires the right combination of these experiences at the right times during development in order to develop
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  • On the other hand there are many positive qualities to modern technologies. The technologies that benefit young children the greatest are those that are interactive and allow the child to develop their curiosity, problem solving and independent thinking skills.
  • Computers allow interaction. Children can control the pace and activity and make things happen on computers. They can also repeat an activity again and again if they choose.
  • Yet external symbolic representation such as the written word, visual images on television, and complex three-dimensional videography are all sensed, processed, stored, and acted on by the human brain. Because the brain literally changes in response to experiences, these "new" (from a historical perspective) experiences (the written word or television) cause changes in brain development, brain organization, and brain function that were never expressed hundreds of generations ago.
  • So to tape a conversation and replay it for an adult means something entirely different than when a three-year-old hears their voice on a tape. These experiences can be very positive and mind-expanding for a child — as long as they are done at the right time.
  • Children need real-life experiences with real people to truly benefit from available technologies.
  • As parents think about the future they need to realize two things: technology is not going to go away and we are in the midst of a major sociocultural quantum shift. These technologies are revolutionizing the world our children will live in. So our task is to balance appropriate skill-development with technologies with the core principles and experiences necessary to raise healthy children.
  • I think the key to making technologies healthy is to make sure that we use them to enhance or even expand our social interactions and our view of the world as opposed to using them to isolate and create an artificial world.
  • In the end, as with all other tools, adults must protect children from misuse or inappropriate access.
  • Technologies should be used to enhance curriculum and experiences for childre
  • I believe parents and teachers can take advantage of the interactive qualities of a computer to enhance the experiences available to children.
  • Unfortunately, technology is often used to replace social situations and I would rather see it used to enhance human interaction
  • n addition, there are a number of specialized programs that allow children with certain information-processing problems to get a multimedia presentation of content so that they can better understand and process the materia
Kahlin-Ivie Hilliard

Picnik - 10 views

I really enjoyed this site! I'm not very good with computers, but this site was very easy to navigate. Children can use this site when creating projects for school. They can also use this site at h...

techchildren techeducators creation children art

started by Taylor Meyne on 03 Nov 09 3 follow-ups, last by Kahlin-Ivie Hilliard on 03 Nov 09
olav ostvold

Awareness. - 2 views

I have a dream !!!!! Since 1996 I have been working with children - and the Internet. At the beginning - they "helped me" create a website - so that a father living in Brazil could keep track of hi...

started by olav ostvold on 05 Mar 09 no follow-up yet
Bonnie Blagojevic

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

spotlight.macfound.org/...eative-play-in-early-childhood

Media_education play learning techchildren

shared by Bonnie Blagojevic on 26 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • 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.”
anonymous

Curtis Bonk's e-Learning World - 0 views

php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk

web2.0 elearning distancelearning eteaching

shared by anonymous on 23 May 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 23 May 09
     
    This is the homepage of Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D. Curt teaches at Indiana University in the School of Education where he is in the Instructional Systems Technology Department. In addition, he is president and founder of CourseShare, LLC and SurveyShare, Inc.
Connie Dang

Photovisi - 8 views

This is an excellent way to start portfolios for children who are just entering school! Like you said, it does not take up much physical space and children won't be disappointed that their artwork ...

techeducators techhome

started by Brooke Newton on 04 Nov 09 1 follow-up, last by Connie Dang on 04 Nov 09
Tanya Ramsay

Education Related Blogs & Blogging Resources | Emerging Education Technology - 1 views

www.emergingedtech.com/...lated-blogs-blogging-resources

education blogs resources children learning technology social media networking computers

shared by Tanya Ramsay on 18 Nov 11 - Cached
  • Subscribing to Blogs For those not already familiar with this … there are two common ways to do this – some blogs allow users to subscribe by simply entering their email address (and then confirming the validating email sent to them). The more common technique for subscribing to a blog is to subscribe to an RSS Feed. An RSS Feed directs the blog, or a summary and link to it, to a special place where you can go and view it (as opposed to having it go to your crowded email In Box).
  • Some suggested sites where you can create your Education-specific Blog There are many websites on the Internet where educators can write their own blogs. One way to do this is to become part of an organization that provides its members a place to blog, such as Educause, or Classroom 2.0. The other way to write your own blog is to set yourself up on one of the many sites that are designed to allow you to create your own domain or subdomain, where the content is entirely yours. While this may sound a little daunting to newbies, it really isn’t too hard to get started. Below I have listed two such sites, both of which are free, and are very widely used.
  • Tanya Ramsay on 18 Nov 11
     
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