ECETECH

I don't promote coloring book pages. I believe we can develop the children's creative expression more by encouraging them to draw their own pictures.

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

A great overview of several tech tools that parents can use at home including wikis & blogging.

This blog is written by an early childhood teacher out of Florida. She uses this to update her parents and communicate with them about what is going on in the classroom. She posts entries here and there and also uploads pictures to share, which offers a balanced view of the classroom. She has it organized by recent posts, where parents can click on the title and also by categories. Additionally she has a bar on the side of her page which offers great websites and resources that parents can access.

Scholastic website is well-organized and has good resources available. One can sort online learning activities by age level, including Pre K-K activities. The blog appears to be the same as Christina's Classroom (Christian Germano).

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

K-2 students using technology. Podcasts, video slides and more...all done by the students.

This site contains podcasts by K and 1st graders!

Simple exploratory activities for children.

search tool for sound clips

This is for Bonnie. I ffirst learned about this from Jim Reineke at Winona State http://jreineke.wordpress.com/

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Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet

One nice thing I've discovered about Diigo is that you can set it up to automatically save your bookmarks to delicious when you save them to Diigo.

Blog on early education policy by the New America Foundation. According to their website, Early Education Watch "provides analysis, reporting, and commentary on early education, with a focus on policies that affect children's access to high-quality, aligned educational programs from ages 3 through 8. I haven't explored the blog well enough yet to see whether it contains information about technology and young children, but it's a good example of using technology to connect early childhood educators with public policy.

Educators need to embrace Web 2.0 technologies in schools, but they should be given adequate professional development to ensure they learn the proper ways to engage their students through digital media, said experts at a Sept. 21 Capitol Hill briefing.

Librarians are often a great source for information. Here are websites they recommend for kids, on various topics. (I enjoy reading content for children sometimes, to help me better understand certain concepts in science, etc. as it is understandable and often simpler/quicker and in a form that makes it easier to share with young children.)

Good article from Young Children on using web-based resources for family communication.

Nice- thanks Diane.