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I follow this group on Facebook and love seeing all,of their post. They post ideas and believes that should just be second nature to all childhood teachers though sadly are not. Play really does hold such an important role in the learning of young children, whether it is using the natural environment or ICT resources, allow children to be children and enjoy their childhood and let them learn naturally not through over processed activities designed by teachers that just need to meet paper work requirements.

This blog is full of fantastic ideas, resources and creativity for early childhood teachers, and pre service teachers.

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This Assistant Teacher works in Kindergarten and is always on the look out for ways to integrate ICT into the children's learning and the kindergarten curriculum. I'm really looking forward to reading through her past and future blog posts, in the hope of getting some inspiration and ideas on how I can use ICT in the early childhood context. I hope this will also help other early childhood students in edc3100.

A teacher of Early Childhood who I cherish. She is so passionate about Early Childhood Education and shares such amazing resources and articles that challenge your thinking. She shares stories, experiences, developmental information and so much more!

"A great childhood is about simple fun, play and learning with the people that you love." Christie is an Early Childhood Teacher, writer, consultant and mother to a preschooler. Apart from sharing fabulous tips and ideas that you can do with young children, Christie's knowledge of early childhood education and belief in playful learning comes shining through in her writing.

Alice Brown is an early childhood health, wellbeing and social ecology specialist lecturing at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) where she teachers undergraduate and post-graduate students. She has completed her Doctoral, Masters and Bachelor st She posts interesting, professional and insightful articles and ideas that are related to early childhood.

See our list of top recommended early childhood education blogs that share ideas, insights, and advice with the teaching community.

here is an article on iPads in early childhood, study carried out in an Early Childhood Education service catering for children from 3 months to 5 years.

Thanks for sharing! My professional experience will be in a Preschool setting so it is wonderful to see how other Preschool educators have been integrating ICTs and a rationale behind their use. I've read a few articles now regarding ICT in Preschool settings an it is interesting to note that most have been from NZ! The importance their country places on ECE is amazing and obvious from these articles! Very high quality practice and passionate educators it seems. Emma

I found this when I googled digital photography in Early Childhood and this website has some useful ideas.

This Blog is about the use of digital cameras in early childhood settings.  It was a part of Week 2's work but I wanted to book mark it here because I thought it might be useful for assignment part 1.

Hi Kate I also found this site very informative and used this in my blog. I love photos and I strongly believe that digital cameras play an important role in early childhood settings and advocate the importantance of allowing children to explore their world through using digital camera. Working in 3-5 room I have seen many positive expereinces, including behaviour management, as children use digital camera. Sadly the new qualified teacher the centre has employed views camera for "teachers' only (not even assistants can use them) and only one photo per month per child and no viewing them on the television. Bec

Children have the right to enhance their learning by utilising ICT, therefore ICT should be offered to children in early childhood. Bonny (2013) has written an article on the importance of ICT in early childhood settings and how it can benefit young children's learning and development development.

I discovered a website by a woman called Bevin Kateri Reinen, who is a teacher and writer from Virginia Beach. One blog post in particular titled 'Six Strategies for 21st Century Early Childhood Teachers' caught my eye! I found it very interesting and thought I would share :)

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A large range of articles and blogs discussing current issues and ideas around ICT and early childhood.

Although the history will show that the posts to this blog are sporadic, they are rich in information, ideas and contain great links, resources and ideas for ICT use in the Early Childhood setting.

Early childhood teachers' misconceptions about mathematics education for young children in the United States From page 39.

A wonderful article regarding a NZ based project in which a number of preschool educators embraced ICT within their practice and documented the process. Lots of ideas of how to incorporate ICTs into the preschool context.

Thank you for sharing this. I am looking forward to having a read and finding some useful information.

This was a very interesting read. I had always been hesitant with the idea of ICT and early childhood but this article really interested me. I had always considered ICT in early childhood as children on iPads. This article has really broadened my perception and has given ideas of transformative learning using ICTs. The use of microphones for children practising their oral language is particularly interesting as I have come across many children in early childhood centres who are hesitant to talk.

Comparing Computer based learning needs of Primary and Early Years.

Joanne Dwyer (2004) writes that some schools seem to give its students in the upper primary years priority over students in the early school years resulting in a reduced potential for learning with computer based technologies in the school environment. She expresses the concern that for equitability all students regardless of age or learning needs should be given maximum support and access to computer-based learning environments. This is obviously an issue that needs to be addressed as we intergrate ICT in to the curriculum. Nice read Kate. Thanks.

Unfortunately early years education often takes a back burner to higher levels of primary education across a range of areas and especially with regard to ICT. I am not sure whether it is a lack of understanding of the importance of early childhood education or just battling to get resources. Even with all of the research about the advantages of good quality early childhood education many still see these years as not containing any 'real' learning, just play. If young learners are viewed as 'just playing' then why would people use ICT budgets on them? As early years teachers one of our biggest battles will be to fight for recognition of early childhood education and the resources to support it.

current, inspirational and education content and ideas for early childhood educators.

This blog is aimed at Early Childhood Teachers in Australia and should be very informative. The post about equity and equality being very different could be interesting for all.