UWW310 Technology & Early Childhood

Early childhood education is a term that describes the care taken and the teaching of young children from their birth to the age of eight, or until they start school. The term refers to activities carried out by people outside the family and is often focused on learning through play.

Earlychildhood NEWS is the online resource for teachers and parents of young children, infants to age 8. You will find articles about developmentally appropriate practice, child health, safety and behavior as well as links to teacher resources and networking opportunities.

Great article about technology with the little ones.

These journals publish research that has been peer reviewed (that is, articles submitted for publication have been critiqued by other researchers, typically without knowing who wrote the article they are reviewing). An editor synthesizes the reviews and decides whether to publish the article, publish it after revisions, or reject it.

An educational portal with free resources for teachers and their classrooms as well as students and parents.

Fun and free educational games for kids in K-8. Featuring multiplayer learning games, math games, language arts games, and much more!

IXL is the Web's most comprehensive K-12 practice site. Widely used by schools and families, IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 3,000 math and English topics. An adaptive learning system features games and awards, inspiring students to achieve.

A reliable online source for informative and helpful resources when introducing technology into the classroom. Extremely helpful for teachers working in a technology -based early childhood classrooms.

Explains the role of technology in an early learning classroom as well as gives statistics to how it improves reading and math skills. Very useful for teachers in deciding if they should bring technology into the classroom at such a young age.

A teacher's guide to submerging the classroom into technology. She gives great ideas and ways to plan a lesson using technology. Great ideas for teaches to bring technology into the classroom.

An article that explores the idea that we're spending all of this money on computers and laptops for the classroom, but is it really helping? Great article to use as a comparison for very pro-technology educators.

Former Gov. Bob Wise discusses 3 ways to gradually implement more technology into the classroom. It's 3 great steps to take into your own classroom.

A study that determines the effects on children exposed to technology. Also, gives suggestions on how to properly implement it into their lives. This is a great research study to read and use these tips in educating our students about technology.

This article talks about how computers affect children physically, intellectually, socially, and psychologically. It also says how children will be use computers in their futures. I think this link will help explain the behavior of children we will be educating one day.

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This is an article about the benefits of reading aloud to children. It helps with vocabulary/

A study describing how early childhood educators are able to understand the use of technology themselves showing that 60% of educators are knowledgeable with technology, cameras, ipods etc..and how educators are looking at integrating technology in their classroom. The positive and the negative effects