That bucket is for filling in!

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'That bucket is for filling in!'

• The incidence and use of ICT in the early years

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Programme

• Personal starting point
• The incidence and use of ICT in some 3-7 settings
  
• ICT in children's lives beyond the nursery /
  classroom
• Some issues raised for ITE

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Personal starting point

• Qualified support
• A common sense act of faith and the OECD
• Developmental appropriateness
• Starting from the child
• ICT is an everyday experience for children
• Young children are ICT capable / knowledgeable
  i.e. 'That bucket...'
• A broad interpretation of ICT

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Nurseries schools what have they got?

• A wide range of hardware when shared resources
  are included.
• Incidence increasing i.e. electronic whiteboards,
  digital cameras.
• Considerable diversity of software (but some
  common themes i.e. literacy, numeracy, drawing).

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Nurseries schools what are they doing with
what they've got?

• Some innovative and creative practice however
• ICT often conflated with PC
• Some hardware under-utilised / not seen as part
  of ICT
• Free standing content rich (drill skill)
  software common questionable learning on
  occasion
• Variable adult involvement / interest (ICT as a
  reward)
• Limited use in role play / imaginative play
• Competing (policy) pressures sidelining ICT
• Whole class work in ICT suites

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ICT in the home

• High levels across the board
• Routine / daily use for most and long before
  starting nursery
• Universal urge to explore / experiment
• Differing levels of adult involvement e.g. games
  consoles and autonomous use
• Girls more eclectic? 'Daddy's area'?
• Impact of older siblings double edged

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Some issues raised for ITE

• PC ? ICT
• Skilling for now or empowering for the future?
• How to realise the transformative power of ICT
  (assuming that we want to)?
• Partnership with parents

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Issues contd.

• The role of the practitioner?
• Planning / differentiating
• Mediating
• Monitoring / assessing

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Issues contd.

• Suites Yes? No? Maybe (for now at least)?
• Time for ICT?

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Issues contd.

• Outdoor as well as indoor provision?
• ICT in role play / imaginative play?

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Summary

• Purposes of workshops and discussion groups
• Conference report