Integration of Technology and Early Childhood Education

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Integration of TechnologyandEarly Childhood
Education
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Stages of Technology Integration

• Entry Stage
• Adaptation Stage
• Transformation Stage

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Entry Stage

• Access to computers is a big issue at this stage
• classroom activity is slightly changed for
  technology
• Exchanging ideas with other teachers can help
  them progress to the next level.

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Adaptation Stage

• Technology becomes thoroughly integrated into
  teaching patterns
• Teachers are more comfortable with students
  developing individual interests
• Collaboration and mentoring is important at this
  stage

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Transformation Stage

• Technology expands the learning environment
• Students are self directed
• Students have opportunities to design their own
  learning pathways

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Barriers for Teachers

• Time
• Training
• Resources
• Support
• Change

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Consider this

• Relative Advantage
• Observability
• Compatibility
• Complexity
• Trialability

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Why Use Technology

• Focus on content-area curriculum
• Need for knowledge
• Increases on-task time
• Application/Analysis
• Skills taught in context

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Benefits

• Multisensory delivery
• Motivation/Active learning
• Critical thinking
• Cooperative/Individual
• Communication skills
• Multicultural

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Computers and Classroom Management

• Room Arrangement
• Management and Scheduling
• Classroom Modeling

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Room Arrangement

• Easy student access
• Easy teacher access
• Easily supervised
• Away from direct sunlight, water, magnets, and
  chalk dust
• Provide enough space for small group interaction

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Management Scheduling

• Sample Method
• Computers users for a specific day will be
  given a specific color(Monday- blue).
• Take weekly schedule and assign open blocks to
  students

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Guidelines for Computers

• Post computer rights and responsibilities,
  guidelines for help, and expected behavior near
  the computer station.
• Display posters using computer terms and commands
• Post help sheets that provide clear step by step
  instructions.

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Guidelines for Computers

• Emphasize the importance of pre-planning, so time
  on computer is used efficiently.
• Pair students with experience with students who
  are new using computers.
• Find students who can work as special technology
  assistants(older students)

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Classroom Modeling

• Model computer project for the week
• Provide a sample of completed work for that
  session
• Provide students with a step by step checklist.
• Have students sign and attach checklist to the
  completed project.
• Templates can be valuable in the classroom
  because students can rotate through the activity
  and the original will not be altered.

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Exploring Oceans on the Web Lesson Plan

• 3 Parts
• -exploring oceans on the web
• -oceanic field trip
• -creating a wave bottle

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Oceans Lesson PlanLet's go Explore

• Students learn about
• fun facts - like why the ocean is blue
• sea creatures that make their home in the ocean
• ocean forests

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Follow up to Exploring OceansVirtual Field Trip

• A virtual field trip without leaving the
  classroom
• students visit nineteen different places where
  they can read and learn about everything
  concerning oceans from the color to coral reefs

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Making our own WavesHow to Make Waves

• Students can make their own waves by using
  household items such as water, oil, food
  coloring, and a plastic bottle
• this activity can be used to sum up the oceans
  lesson plan by having students discuss what they
  notice about the wave movement

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Lesson Plans Heathers Language Arts Lesson
Arthur's Homepage

• Objectives -
• Develop reading and writing skills
• Find information on the World Wide Web
• Download graphics
• Materials, Resources, Software needed
• Arthurs homepage
• A variety of Arthur books for classroom use
• Paint or drawing software

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Lesson Plans Heathers Language Arts Lesson

• Conduct an Author study Unit on Marc Brown.
  Provide students with a variety of his books and
  allow students to read Arthurs Living Books too.
• The students will work in groups of two. This
  will allow each student time on the computer
• Have students search the web for information on
  Marc Brown

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Lesson Plans Heathers Language Arts Lesson

• Have each group select a character out a hat and
  that group will be responsible for printing
  information about that character. Using this
  information the students will write a paragraph
  describing their character.
• When the paragraph is complete, the student will
  download a picture to attach with their paragraph
  for the rest of the class member to see.

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Lesson Plans Heathers Language Arts Lesson

• When their paragraphs are completed, the students
  may use a paint or graphic program to create a
  picture of their character and we will submit
  them to Marc Brown for possible publication on
  his homepage.
• Afterwards, we will take all paragraphs and
  pictures and make one big class book. This book
  will be placed in the browsing box in the class
  library. This will promote future reading at
  their leisure.

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Lesson Plans Amys Math Lesson Virtual Math
Lessons

• Guessing Jar
• Students use predictions, estimation, and
  graphing skills to complete this activity.
• Through a series of steps they must predict,
  collect data, and chart their results by
  writing math sentences as they go.

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Lesson Plans Amys Math Lesson

• Materials needed
• Colored Beans (if beans are not accessible, any
  small manipulative could and should be used).
• Cups, plates, pencils, and paper
• Students can work alone or together in small
  groups.
• Overhead projector, transparencies, and
  calculators.

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Lesson Plans Amys Math Lesson

• You could use the basics of this lesson again and
  again for many different kinds of math
  addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.
• I have observed this lesson in action, and I must
  say kids really do enjoy it.

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Lesson Plans Kizzys Health Lesson The Food
Guide Pyramid

• Objectives
• Students will be following a computer assisted
  lesson the Food Guide Pyramid, grade four
  students will be able to write out a one day menu
  including all of the proper foods and amount of
  servings of each with 100 accuracy.

• More specifically, the students will be able to -
  
• Label a blank Food Guide Pyramid with the correct
  food groups and servings of each
• Group different foods in the correct food group.

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Lesson Plans Kizzys Health Lesson Plan

• Introduction -
• The teacher will ask students to think about what
  they had for breakfast and lunch today.
• A few students will share with the others what
  they had for lunch
• Teacher will begin discussing the 5 food groups
  and the amounts of each you need to stay to
  healthy.

• Lesson Body
• A worksheet will be given to students with a
  blank Food Guide Pyramid and a web site to go out
  to in order to get information to fill it out.
• Students will access notes that teacher placed on
  computer.
• Students will hand in completed Food Guide
  Pyramid and go out to other related sites.

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Lesson Plans Kizzys Health Lesson

• Closure -
• The teacher will briefly review the Food Guide
  Pyramid sheet to make sure all answers are
  correct and answer any questions the students may
  have at this time.

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Lesson Plans Amandas Social Studies Lesson

• Discussion
• Columbus wanted to prove one could travel from
  Spain to another part of the world without
  falling off the earth.
• Columbus got money from the king and queen of
  Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, to finance his
  voyage.

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Lesson Plans Amandas Social Studies Lesson

• Research
• Columbus' Biography
• Columbus' Crew

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Lesson Plans Missys Phonics' Lesson Bearlies
Online Books

• Objectives -
• Produce sounds fluently while reading and
  speaking.
• Incorporate new words and their meanings into
  existing vocabulary.
• 3. Students will keep literature log with name of
  book, author, and characters.

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Lesson Plans Missys Phonics Lesson

• Materials needed
• Bearlies online books and Bearlies series books.
• Headphones
• Journal, pen, and dictionary.
• Flashcards

• Lesson Body
• Each day students will read a chapter of the
  series assigned independently.
• As they read have the write down any words or
  phrases in their literature journal.
• Afterwards, students will discuss words that were
  difficult for them and why or ideas that they
  thought were interesting.

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Lesson Plans Missys Phonics Lesson

• Students will listen to lesson on CD to reinforce
  the correct pronunciation.
• Teacher and the students will create flashcards
  from the class word discussion.
• Afterwards, the teacher will model using the
  dictionary to look up a few of the words from the
  discussion.

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Our Favorite Websites

• Nikki My Science lesson comes from the
  discovery school website
• One of my personal favorites is Kathy Schrock's
  homepage
• Heather My Reading lesson comes from Arthur's
  homepage
• One of my personal favorites is Education-world

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Our Favorite Websites

• Kizzy My Health lesson comes from the Food
  Pyramid website.
• One of my personal favorites is funbrain.
• Missy My Phonics lesson comes from the
  teachersnet website.
• One of my personal favorites is enchanted learning

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Our Favorite Websites

• Amanda My Social Studies lesson comes from a
  Christopher Columbus website
• One of my personal favorites is ABC Teach

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Our Favorite Websites

• Amy My Math lesson comes from the virtual math
  lessons website
• One of my personal favorites is Cool Math

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Our Ultimate Goal as Educators

• Our ultimate goal as educators is to provide
  students with an environment that is conducive
  for learning. This will help students to become
  computer literate and more functional in a
  technology enriched world.

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Goodbye!