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Using Technology to teach early childhood/elementary Resource 1:

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This article explains how technology can be used in the early childhood classroom to aid in the learning process. It gives examples of how to effectively use technology for this age group in order for students to truly get the most out of the integration of technology. The article explains that the technology used must be developmentally appropriate, hands-on, engaging, empowering, and connect on-screen and off-screen activities.

This article was a great overview of all the ways technology can be used in early childhood education. I think it showed a wired range and connected to how to use technology to incorporate home life and different types of learners. It brings up a lot of issues but does not show how to solve them. For example, the article discusses that educators need training but that is something we all know its where to get the time, money and resources for training that are issues. I also do not agree with some of the list of recommendations. I believe that videos can be very important and engaging to help students of all ages learn.

Resource 2:

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This article discusses The Summer Institute and how they provided their teachers with the chance to look at the effects of technology integration. It goes over all aspects of how the teacher uses the technology, what they do with the technology and their reviews of the use of the technologies. They discuss that technology integration starts with the teacher and their ability to use, feelings about, and motivation to use technology.

This article is very interesting because it looks at things from the teachers perspectives. Teachers are the ones teaching and therefore they know firsthand what works, what doesn’t and what needs to be improved. One of the major issues in education today is that the “rules and regulations” are being made by people who have never stepped foot in a classroom as an adult or people that have not taught in a while. There is a big disconnect and this article is great to show how teachers look as the integtration of technology which is a big topic in education today.

Resource 3:

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This article is about how states need to use technology to improve education. It explains that states need to use the resources such as public libraries to help connect technology, early education programs, and schools.

This article is very straight forward and to the point. State needs to realize what is changing in education and use it effectively. Basically, states need to embrace what is going on with technology and also support the changes to help their early childhood students learn and grow.