TechToolsNAEYC14

(Thursday, November 07, Dallas TX)
 * = NAEYC 2014 Annual Conference Presentation: =

= Emerging Technologies for Empowering Children: = = Showcasing innovative tools and pedagogies = = that transform teaching, and inspire learning =


 * Technology**
 * Position statement**

= View a Video of our Presentation = |||| || Mark Bailey: Professor, Pacific University, Oregon. Director Pacific University Child Learning and Development Center. baileym@pacificu.edu

Bonnie Blagojevic: [|Early Childhood Education Consultant, Morningtown Consulting], Apple Distinguished Educator, Adjunct Faculty [|University of Maine], bonnieblagojevic@me.com

Diane Bales: Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science, and Human Development Specialist, UGA Extension,The University of Georgia, dbales@uga.edu

Warren Buckleitner: Editor, //[|Children's Technology Review]//

We are members of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Technology and Young Children Interest Forum. Learn more about how you can get involved in our online community and projects! Visit the Technology and Young Children website and the NAEYC Technology and Young Children page on Facebook today.

Come learn about new technologies designed for use by young children, and techniques for intentional implementation by teachers. In this engaging and interactive session we will demonstrate a range of innovative new technologies and help you experience the variety of ways they can be used to support your students’ learning. Hand-­held devices, creative and collaborative tools, Web-­based applications, and student-­empowering computing; these new technologies are transforming the way people of all ages are learning and communicating. Come be inspired to explore these tools, learn how to get started, and how they can enable amazing new opportunities for your students. Presenters will introduce an inspirational array of tools and bring many of these for you to explore. We will discuss the purpose for which each tool was designed, as well as provide detailed information about applications in a range of early childhood settings. References to research will provide a context for discussing appropriate use. Specific examples will be provided based on experiences from the presenters’ work with young children and teachers, and from discussions of the NAEYC Technology & Young Children Interest Forum group.

Below you will find an extensive list of resources related to digital learning and technological tools. We invite you to join us as we share lessons learned in our work as teachers, authors, presenters, and researchers. We will bring tools with us, and invite you to come play and learn.


 * =Mark Bailey - Listen, Empower, Go Deep [|View PDF of Mark's Presentation]=

Tech Best Practices: [|fg.ed.pacificu.edu/cldc/techtools.html] Early Learning Community: [|http://fg.ed.pacificu.edu/elc/] Erikson TEC Center: [] Ele: @http://ele.fredrogerscenter.org/ Tech and Young Children: [|www.techandyoungchildren.org/] Children’s Tech Review: [] Learning at Home 2014: [|http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org] Fred Rogers Center: [|http://www.fredrogerscenter.org] Choosing Smart Apps: []
 * Resources**

**Interesting** **Research**:
@http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/discovering-that-your-18-month-old-is-using-an-ipad-in-pre-school/279438/?single_page=true @http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-touch-screen-generation/309250/2/ @http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/us/quality-of-words-not-quantity-is-crucial-to-language-skills-study-finds.html?_r=0

Learning with Technology is best with authentic, active, meaningful, hands-on experiences, that can extended playful explorations through student-centered activities. These opportunities should be intentionally designed by teachers using quality tools that can provide transformational opportunities for learning.

**Things to Look for in an Educational Technology:** Embodies Universal Design Utilizes Developmentally Appropriate Features Empowers, Enhances, and/or Transforms Classroom Experiences Requires Active Engagement Scaffolds Adaptive Complexity Encourages Revisiting & Sharing Models Multiple Diversities Empowers Exploration & Creativity Fosters Thinking & Problem Solving Supports Playful Use ||


 * =Diane Bales - Storytelling through Technology: Insights from Ongoing Exploration with 3- and 4-year-olds ([[file:NAEYC 2014 tech prez - Bales.pdf|View pdf of Diane's presentation]])=

Storytelling with preschoolers using iPads and a variety of apps Overall goal: To practice meaningful storytelling through child-guided, hands-on, teacher-supported use of technology tools
 * **Classroom blogging**: Telling stories of classroom activities using KidBlog
 * **Guided family storytelling**: Introducing a dual-language learner to the classroom using VoiceThread and [|StoryKit] to create a story about his family and home
 * **Organized storytelling through coding**: Using Scratch Jr. to help children organize ideas into animated stories

**Insights from Coding Project**

 * Use of the app is more organized and effective when children have participated in activities to make the tools concrete (e.g. acting out actions for each story block)
 * Children were especially interested in character creation (e.g., selecting a specific character to use, changing appearance, adding their own faces)
 * Problem solving and collaboration emerged when children could not figure out how to code the actions they had in mind
 * Adult roles in facilitating technology use included co-exploring features of the app, asking questions and making observations, capitalizing on children's interest in character development, and encouraging children to develop organized storylines
 * Children displayed quite a few literacy-related and math-related skills in their early explorations of Scratch Jr
 * Imagination
 * Planning
 * Sequencing
 * Spontaneous Narration of Storylines
 * Problem-solving
 * Storytelling in the app is only one tool; can be combined with storytelling in other media to expand children's experience (e..g, acting out story, filming and replaying actions, writing and illustrating stories)
 * Sharing stories with classmates is an important way to make storytelling more concrete and meaningful for children ||


 * =Bonnie Blagojevic - The A R T of Learning in a Digital Age=

Stories that consider how we can increase **A**ccess, build **R**elationships and take advantage of new tech **T**ools

Comienza en Casa, It Starts at Home "Integrates technology use (iPads) into a curriculum that provides parents of migrant preschool and Kindergarten children with activities and information to promote their child’s school readiness at home." Learn more about this project from Mano en Mano funded by Maine Migrant Education, and community partnerships with the local elementary school and the Milbridge Public[| library].


 * [|1:1 in Practice-]includes examples of child-created bi-lingual books from the Backpack Classroom series
 * [|Fred Roger's Center Blog,][|Helping Young Children Develop a Healthy Media Diet]
 * [|Kinderlab Robotics]- KIBO robot
 * National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and Fred Rogers Center position statement on Technology and Young Children and supporting resources web page. Recommend getting familiar with these resources and letting others know about them!
 * NAEYC Teaching Young Children article Touch and Grow: Learning and Exploring Using Tabletsand accompanying Message in a Backpack for families Explore and Learn with Tablets. Co-authored by early educators using tablets/iPads in a variety of early care and education settings.
 * National Association for the Education of Young Children [|Technology and Young Children Interest Forum Website], NAEYC TIF ECETECH Diigo group, NAEYC TIF listservare current projects of the NAEYC Tech & YC Interest Forum. Anyone sharing an interest in this topic can join the group and projects
 * [|QR Codes & Fostering a Strong Home/School Connection]
 * [|Ready Rosie]
 * [|Videos from Parents, Enhancing Family Engagement]
 * [|Worlds Apart: One City, Two Libraries and Ten Years of Watching Inequality Grow]
 * [|Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America 2013]

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