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Technology is rapidly changing the ways we live our lives and interact with the world. Its also changing how you teach. Technology can enhance your classrooms complete curriculum and assessment and help you create and capture meaningful experiences, support inquiry, and expand your classrooms walls. This comprehensive framework will help you select and use a variety of technology and interactive media tools in your classroomincluding digital cameras, audio recorders, webcams, publication and presentation tools, and multi-touch mobile devices.
Reflecting Technology in Early Childhood Programs, the joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Rogers Center, Teaching in the Digital Age includes
Developmentally appropriate and effective strategies to use technology to facilitate childrens learning
28 links to video clips that provide a deeper look at how these practices are used in real classrooms
32 forms to help you plan, reflect on, and evaluate how you use technology to help children learn
Brian Puerling, a National Board Certified Teacher and graduate of the Erikson Institute, is the Director of Education Technology at the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. He is a former preschool teacher, a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Tech and Young Children Interest Forum, serves on the Sesame Workshop Teacher Council, is active with the Chicago Metro Association for the Education of Young Children, and is a popular presenter at national conferences.
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Innovative strategies that help early childhood educators utilize the latest technology to teach, document, assess, and exhibit children's learning.
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The use of tablets, digital cameras, webcams, and other technology is the new normal in many classrooms. Teaching in the Digital Age provides teachers and administrators of young children with innovative strategies to embrace and integrate technology in to the classroom. It explores the many ways technology, such as tablet computers, MP3s, videos, photographs, audio recordings, webcams, projectors, and publication and presentation tools can be used to enhance a classroom's complete curriculum and assessment. Tips for using these tools are included, as well as learning activities, worksheets, resources, and a framework to plan, evaluate, and reflect upon the learning experiences. This resource will help early childhood educators not only add technology to the classroom, but also embed it across the curriculum.
Brian Puerling is the technology coordinator and curriculum specialist at Catherine Cook School in Chicago, Illinois. He is active in the Chicago Metro Association for the Education of Young Children and is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Technology and Young Children Interest Forum. Brian was the recipient of the PBS Innovative Educator Award and PBS Teacher's Choice Award in 2010.
About the Author
Brian Puerling: Brian Puerling is the technology coordinator and curriculum specialist at Catherine Cook School in Chicago, IL. He holds a master's degree in early childhood education and is pursuing his master's of education degree in curriculum and instruction. Brian is active in the Chicago Metro Association for the Education of Young Children and is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Technology and Young Children Interest Forum. Brian was the recipient of the PBS Innovative Educator Award and PBS Teacher's Choice Award in 2010. He holds workshops and offers technology consulting.