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Effective Use of Technology
Community Concepts, August 29, 2011 12:30-3:30

__Welcome/Introduction __ [|Bonnie Blagojevic, Research Associate][|UMaine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies,] [|NAEYC Technology & Young Children Interest Forum Executive Committee Member] and [|Apple Distinguished Educator].

__Using technology- why bother?__ Help adults get work done, provide children with new access to learning, have fun, be creative, help children learn to use and manage technology which is increasingly part of their world and future.

//Explore on Your Own: // [|Using iPod Touch and Dragon Dictation to Record Observation Notes] short video clip/demo [|Technology in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8];NAEYC position statement: (draft- check for updated version in November/December). Ten People, One Article? -use of technology, including Google Docs, to collaboratively author an article. [|Just for Me Label Maker] for making classroom labels. (free, but have to sign up). Several companies offer a variety of free templates. [|Behold- A Search Engine for Creative Commons Images]- blog post from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne.

__Digital Photography__ Learn how to use digital photography to enhance curriculum, support observation, documentation and reflective practice, and strengthen home-school partnerships.

//Explore on Your Own:// [|The Digital Camera: A Tool for Creative Teaching] article [|Using Photographs] photoessay [|Take a Look! Visual Supports for Learning] photoessay [|Visual Supports Learning Links and Templates] checklist and visual support templates [|Picasa]photo management software [|The Early Learning Community at Pacific Oaks]early childhood education program website with blogs, etc.

__Digital Storytelling: __ It is possible to use computers, cameras, mobile devices and other tech tools to help children create and share digital stories. Story examples range from simple to more involved story projects, and include personalized books, slideshows and multimedia stories appropriate for school or home use. It all starts with children's powerful ideas.

//Explore on Your Own: // [|The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling] [|11 Good Digital Storytelling Resources] [|Story in the Early Years]

__Book and Story Examples __
 * Children’s original ideas and open-ended, multi-media, creativity software, can be shared in the program and at home.
 * Book templates; welcoming classroom books (Knock, Knock).
 * Book templates; Look Book visual literacy-looking closely... (based on Tana Hoban's Look, Look, Look book, but using targeted vocabulary)
 * Personalized literacy books; welcome children to the classroom.
 * Connect off and on screen activities.
 * Science unit; children "show what they know" and have learned by taking photos for use in a digital book.
 * Language intervention; positional word book
 * Experience Stories
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Concept books (alphabet and number) to enhance the curriculum, using key/"target" vocabulary words
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Children as photographers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Social Stories

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explore on Your Own: // [|Young Children and Computers. Storytelling and Learning in a Digital Age](in the June/July issue.) [|Using Social Stories to Ease Children's Transitions] [|Writing Small Moments Stories]

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tech tools to consider for digital storytelling: (What do you have? What can it do?) __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Computer: photobooth; photos, video, Keynote/PPT, quicktime movies <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Digital camera, Cell phone camera. Flip/portable camcorder; video/photos <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Printer – books, posters <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Binding systems-book binder, sticks or staples, dollar store small albums, Staples display books, commercially prepared books <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Web tools : (authentic audience), [|story bird], [|voice thread], [|little bird tales] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Other/ mobile devices- ipads, ipod touches [|story kit], [|toontastic]

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Technology Standards __ //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explore on Your Own: // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Technology and Young Children- NAEYC position statement] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ISTE NETS for Students 2007]

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Technology Today: // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Blue Hat, Green Hat Demo]iPad app demonstration <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Time; Peer mentoring, volunteers, intentional scheduling Professional Development; <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Online video support, help menus, local resources

__//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional web resources //__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Technology Integration and Early Childhood Education]resource page <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Digital Storytelling: Extending the Potential for Struggling Writers] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Maine Reads] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|NAEYC Technology & Young Children Interest Forum] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|NAEYC permissions/reprints] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Making Social Networking Tools work for Your Organization Tech Tools Showcase, NAEYC conference 2009