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Supporting Early Learners with Technology
1. Supporting Early Learners with Technology and the
21st Century Classroom
Susan B. Gunnewig, M.Ed.
October 13, 2011
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5. Today’s Speaker
Susan B.
Gunnewig, M.Ed.
Product Development
Director, Hatch
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6. Are you concerned about
the inclusion of
technology in the early
childhood classroom?
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7. Grunwald & PBS Survey
K-12 teachers are more avid users of digital media in their
classrooms than Pre-K teachers.
100%
97% 95%
80%
60% 82% 62%
40%
65%
20% 28% Pre-K Teachers
0% K-12 Teachers
Use of
Frequent
Digital Use of
Use of
Content Video
Digital
Content
Content
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8. Why?
• One main reason may be
that 50% of Pre-K teacher
believe it is the content
offered in fee-based
resources that is not
appropriate for their
students’ age or ability.
Grunwald, 2010
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9. Susan Linn, Executive Director of Campaign for a Commercial
Free Childhood & Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard
“The more you engage with it, the more you want to
engage with it. Children who engage with screen
media under the age of 3 tend to have a harder time
turning it off when they’re older.”
“We don’t seem to be thinking developmentally.”
“We need to be ensuring that babies and toddlers and
preschoolers have the time, the space, the silence
and the inspiration to engage in play.”
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10. Lisa Guernsey, director of the Early Education Initiative
with the New America Foundation
“I get nervous when people just close the door
on technology in preschool. There’s an
opening of windows onto new worlds that
occurs when you have a computer there-a
YouTube video or a Skype chat with other
preschools in Sweden or Singapore. These are
magical moments that can happen with
young kids.”
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11. What is Your Stance?
• Different or New Does Not Automatically
Mean Better—Nor Worse….
• Just bringing in technology will not increase
quality IF other components are not in place
• But if they are, technology can greatly
enhance children’s opportunities for learning
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12. Sources of Guidance
One place to go to right now is NAEYC’s new position statement
on technology use with children….
• It is the position of NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center that
technology and interactive media are learning tools
that, when used in intentional and developmentally
appropriate ways and in conjunction with other traditional
tools and materials, can support the development and
learning of young children.
NAEYC 2011 Technology in Early Childhood Programs
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13. Making the Connection
Let’s take a step back and look at practices in
general that make for an effective early
childhood classroom.
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14. Literacy & Math
focus presented
in a systematic
way.
Appropriate
educational
technology which What does Attention to the
supports skill learning needs
development in research of all children.
all domains. show works
in EC
classrooms?
Progress Varying group size
monitoring at instruction lasting
least 3-4 times a 7-10 minutes
year to guide with focus on a
instruction. specific skill.
15. So how specifically
can educational
technology fit in the
EC classroom and
support positive
outcomes for
children?
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16. The Right Equation
The best content +
Meets the needs of all learners +
Has what teachers need to use it =
Teachers want to use it =
Children benefit….
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17. Content
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Social-Emotional
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18. Literacy
Report of the National Early Literacy Panel-January 2009
The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) funded the panel’s work in consultation with the
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the U.S. Department of
Education, and the Office of Head Start in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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19. National Early Literacy Key Findings
To be school ready, all young children
must:
• Be able to say most of the alphabet
rapidly
• Be able to name objects rapidly
• Be able to write name or letters
• Be able to remember, detect and
manipulate sounds (phonological
awareness)
Source: Developing Early Literacy, January 2009
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20. Mathematics
A landmark report: Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward
Excellence and Equity by the Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics National
Research Council and funded by the Office of Head Start, has shed light on the
critical and urgent need to attend to mathematics in early childhood.
21. National Research Council Key
Mathematics Findings
To be school ready, young children
must:
• Be able to count
• Be able to add and subtract
• Be able to measure
• Be able to identify shapes
• Be able to do spatial thinking
Source: Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood, July, 2009
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22. Social-Emotional
Why so Important?
“The early years of life present a unique
opportunity to lay the foundation for
healthy development. It is a time of
great growth and of vulnerability.
Research on early childhood has
underscored the impact of the first five
years of a child’s life on his/her social-
emotional development. Negative early
experiences can impair children’s
mental health and effect their
cognitive, behavioral, social-emotional
development.”
Shonkoff, J.; Phillips, D. A.; Council, N. R. (Eds.). 2000. From Neurons
to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
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23. Social-Emotional
• Executive Function
– Attention
– Approaches
– Cognitive skills
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24. Social Competence
– Positive group
behaviors
– Pro-social behaviors
and communication
– Self-efficacy
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25. • Behavioral Skills
– Self-control
– Self-regulation
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26. Emotional Skills
– Identifying emotions
– Match intensity of emotions
*http://www.samhsa.gov/children/earlychildhood_social.asp
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27. Meets All Learners’ Needs
• Type of learner
– Tactile/Kinesthetic
– Visual
– Auditory
• Group Size
• Scaffolded Approach
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28. Type of Learner
• Tactile/Kinesthetic
• Visual
• Auditory
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29. Group Size
• Large
• Small
• Individual
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30. Importance of Small Groups
• Children benefit from small group instruction when the
teacher has a specific goal or objective in mind
• Provides for opportunities to assess a child’s
understanding of the skill
• Allows children to develop language by encourage
sharing of ideas in conversation
• Groups should be flexible
• Small group lesson should last no longer than 10
minutes with an intentional appropriate lesson plan
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31. Group Size
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32. Scaffolded Approach
Developed
Developing
Emerging
Pre-Emerging
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33. Learners with Special Considerations
What is the definition of English Language
Learners (ELL)?
– A term used to identify heterogeneous populations
of students who have a first (home, primary, or
native) language other than English and are in the
process of acquiring English
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34. ELL Achievement Gap
• Many ELL children lag behind compared to
native-English speakers in educational
achievement.
• ELL children usually have lower math and
reading test scores, academic grades than
their peers.
• If ELL have opportunities to acquire English
early the outcome is not as grave.
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35. Best Practices for Teaching Young ELL
Children in Literacy
• Have same expectations, instruction
strategies, and routines that are consistent.
• Use visual cues and physical gestures.
• Highlight the similarities/differences between
English and the home language.
• Build upon home language skills.
• Frequently assess comprehension.
• Avoid “flip flopping” between languages.
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36. How Can Technology Support ELL Children?
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37. Special Needs
• Tailoring instruction
– We talked about types of learners; many special
needs learners are dominant in tactile, visual, or
auditory so technology can easily adapt to this.
– Attention problems are common; technology can
often be novel and self-contained enough to
capture and keep their attention so learning can
occur.
– Technology can be customized by level or type of
activity for their specific need (e.g., more
exposure to a certain concept; extra support in
math)
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38. How can technology support special needs children?
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39. Has What Teachers Need
• Standards/Objectives/Outcomes
• Lesson Plans/How To’s
• Customizable
• Progress Monitoring
• Integrates with Curriculum
• Training and Support
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40. Do you know where you are going?
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41. How to get there?
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42. Customizable, so all children get there…
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43. Confirm children got there…
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44. Integrates with the Curriculum
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45. Training & Support
• Teachers should know how to use the
educational technology
– Built in to software (help videos)
– Offered by Company/Vendor
• Training
• Professional development
– Learning Communities
• Professional development at the program level with
teams and mentors/coaches or on-line opportunities)
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46. 21st Century Classroom
• Dramatic Technological Revolution
• Will have a greater impact on society than the
transition from an oral to a print culture.1
1 Kellner, Douglas; New Media and New Literacies: Reconstructing Education for the New
Millennium
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47. “21st Century Skills”
Term being used a lot now.
• Emphasizes core subjects
• Emphasizes learning skills
From Learning for the 21st Century, www.p21.org
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48. Key Principles
• Learning is Active vs Passive
• Outcome-based vs Time-based
• What Students Know, Can Do and Are Like vs
Memorization of Discrete Facts
• Student-centered vs Teacher-centered
• Integrated -Interdisciplinary Curriculum vs
Fragmented Curriculum
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49. Portfolio Samples
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50. "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I
remember. Involve me and I
understand."
- Chinese proverb
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51. Summary & Questions
• Effective EC Classrooms
• How these components translate to Ed Tech
supports for EC Classrooms
• 21st Century Classroom
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52. Interactive Technology & Learning Activities
Brought to you by The Early Learning Experts
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53. Touchscreen Solutions
+ Research-Based Activities
= Better Student Results
RECENT STUDY of Hatch TeachSmart Learning System:
82% “ready to read” & 92% “school ready” in math
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55. NEXT SESSION: November 15 @ 2PM EST
The Impact of
‘screen time’ on Kids
Lisa Guernsey
Director of the Early Education Initiative
at New America Foundation
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56. December 1st @ 2PM EST
5 Big Ideas for The Future of Early Childhood
David Kirp Author of “KIDS FIRST”
November 15th @ 2PM EST
How “Screen Time” Impacts Toddlers & Preschoolers
Lisa Guernsey Director of the Early Education Initiative
at New America Foundation
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57. And the Winner Is…
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What we know about how much prek teachers use digital content and media. They do but less than K-12 teachers.
Some perspectives
* Maybe you can say something about how many “new” ideas/materials/ etc. you have seen and about being open minded…other takes on the above: Technology is a tool –not a magic bullet. Neither is it inherently damaging.
We all need guidance and information. One place to read about the issue and recommendations for practitioners that has a solid basis is NAEYC’s position statement, which is being revised and will be released soon. Done jointly with the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College
By doing so, we can better see that these features can and should be present within and in conjunction with technology for it to be appropriate and meaningful for early learners.
The NELP report represents a systematic and comprehensive meta-analyses of the most robust published research studies on children’s early literacy skills.
This report is a review of the most rigorous and informative research in early childhood math to date.
As most of us recognize, this is an area that has received and should much attention in early childhood.
In the next few slides I would like to quickly share with you some of the most important areas. Controls attentionPositive approaches to learning (curiosity, flexible thinking, persistenceCognitive skills (higher order thinking)
Positive group behaviors (taking turns, respecting others space)Pro-social behaviors and communication (compromising, using language and appropriate gestures to express feelings/thoughts)Self-efficacy (expressing belief as capable based on accurate opinion of abilities and limitations)
Self-control (such as following rules and directions)Self-regulation (using strategic actions like planning, monitoring, and evaluating progress)
Identifying emotions (in themselves and others)Match intensity of emotions (with the situation presented). Here is a good place to find a lot of very good information on this topic. Samhsa is substance abuse and mental health association
We must add to the best/right content…meeting the needs of all children. Some key ways to do this are to consider how children best learns as they interact with the environment. We typically think of this as breaking into three components, although we should keep in mind most young children use all of these..use all of their senses.
We must add to the best/right content…meeting the needs of all children. Some key ways to do this are to consider how children best learns as they interact with the environment. We typically think of this as breaking into three components, although we should keep in mind most young children use all of these..use all of their senses.
This will look familiar to you if you are an educator…what you might not realize is how important small group instruction is but how infrequently it gets used in early childhood.
Literacy: Example Alphabet KnowledgeAssist child to recognize uppercase and lower case lettersAssist child to learn letters in their namesHelp child to see comparisons between their names and other wordsHelp child to see the different features of lettersIncorporate manipulates into the lesson to promote understandingMathematicsUse appropriate manipulatives Focus on one math objectiveEncourage conversation during the lesson using math vocabulary (i.e., circle, add, subtract, etc.)Check for understanding
Refers to supported learning.Comes from the analogy of a scaffold on a building…there for support until the building can stand on its ownThen removed.This principle has been found to be extremely useful for early learners. In this case the scaffold can come in many forms: a teacher, a competent peer, or learning materials.
How can technology support ELL children?Show example from TSLSMaybe a page from Guided Instructions
There is good news here as much of the technology we have today was developed and designed first for special needs children…
Now we have talked about content and about meeting the needs of ALL learners as we consider how to support children using technology. Let move to the Teacher—for the teacher is the one who makes most of the decisions about what children do each day and what materials they use to do so. If teachers are going to be able to use educational technology, it has to have what they need. here are some of the major ones. We’ll take a quick look at each of them.
Teachers rely on these as a road map and that has not changed!
Some ways this can happen are to be able to place children in and move them through scaffolded levels. Another is to have templates or other features so that teachers can create activities…a template is recommended because teachers have both a starting point and a guide rather than figuring it out on there own which can be time consuming and does take quite a lot of skill and experience to get right. Teachers working together can be a great way to use everyone’s strengths from understanding how the technology works, to what the standards are, to how to map onto to a local curriculum.
For the best use progress monitoring should be done on a regular basis such as 3 to 4 times per year. It is also important to have several sources of information for decisions about instruction.
As the InstitAll aspects of the early childhood program are necessary. Having them connect or integrate with one another makes the best learning ute for Education Sciences tells us…the curriculum goals should be the driving focus for using the technology, not the “machine” itself.
Could do a fun poll question here: How many of you talk to/ask others how to use your own personal technology (like your phone, tablet, or even your laptop)? So most of us need “training” to some extent, right? If you get a brand new comprehensive curriculum and you don’t get training, how well will you be able to use it to its potential? If your program implements new learning standards and you don’t get any help in what they mean and how to implement them in your teaching, how well connected will they be with what you do? The same is true of educational technology, especially since we now have opportunities with what technologies can bring compared to a few years ago.Here are some ways training and support can happen with ed tech….and it is an important part of making sure teachers have what they need.
Let’s spend the last part of our time talking about 21st century learning and the 21st century classroom…
Student-centered: teacher is facilitator/coach v Teacher-centered: teacher is center of attention and provider of informationDoes this already sound like early childhood?YES!
I would like to see something other than the sea/beach background because they show up a lot in our stuff unless we already have a lot of child drawings on these. I wanted to ask if we might be able to get a child or two in to draw some pictures/write a bit on the board..keep that and then make screen shots or something to go in this….I imagine also showing a few images from the gallery..this part could be a lot of work so if we have to skip some of the steps visually that is okay…Susan can maybe just talk about them. Idea adapted from:http://www.teachercreated.com/blog/2011/01/young-engineers-21st-century-skills-in-early-childhood-classrooms/
Closing….Today we talked about …“How specifically can educational technology fit in the EC classroom and support positive outcomes for children?”I hope this has helped give you a bit of a framework and some ideas for how technology can support young learners…that you will feel a little more ready to do so…and that you will let me know how it is going.
Before we talk a bit about 21st Century Learning and Classrooms….let’s take some questions if you have them….