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  • 1.  Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-01-2022 04:52 PM
    Happy Sunday all,
    I am researching the use of Smart Boards in the early childhood classroom and am wondering if anyone out there uses them, and if so what brand do you use? I can see the potential for bringing this kind of technology into my learning space, I just wanted some advice on what people are using and additionally the brands that they are liking. 
    Thank you and have a great rest of weekend,
    Sharon Ramsey
    Barnert Temple Preschool and Family Center

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    Sharon Ramsey
    Head Teacher
    Barnert Temple Preschool
    Mahwah NJ
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  • 2.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-02-2022 08:43 AM
    Our Hatch Smartboard oly lasted 6 years and they don't make the parts to fix it anymore. I wouldn't recommend a Smart board. We are planning to get a smart TV that we can hook into our Internet and get all the features we had with the smart board - less expensive and should last longer.

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    Sue Miller
    team leader
    Child Development Center
    Remsen IA
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  • 3.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-02-2022 01:21 PM
    Thank you, this is exactly what I am looking to understand. We are leaning toward the smart board over the smart tv -we want the interactive piece for the children and are not sure if that can happen with the tv.

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    Sharon Ramsey
    Head Teacher
    Barnert Temple Preschool
    Mahwah NJ
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  • 4.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-03-2022 09:38 AM
    Do we really need a Smartboard in a classroom for preschoolers and younger? I think that is the least important tool for learning at young ages. The cost of a Smartboard could go to so many more important learning tools with which children have a direct hands-on experiences.

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    Nora Krieger, PhD
    Associate Professor Emerita/Past Chair NJEEPRE
    Bloomfield College/NJ Educators Exploring the Practices of Reggio Emilia
    Highland Park, NJ
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  • 5.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-03-2022 04:51 PM
    Thank you all who have contributed to my question thus far. I appreciate your input and feedback on your own experiences. As far as whether or not we should have smart technology with our young children, I am of the belief that if done correctly the addition of technology into the early childhood classroom can be a powerful tool. Last month, my kindergarteners created a rainforest in the school. This is not part of my "curriculum" as I follow an emergent curriculum. They have become experts in the area and never have I seen so much passion for a subject. When I think of the Smartboard, I think of the possibilities that I could have brought them -as I cannot take them on a trip to the rainforest. I have made the mistake of adding technology in ways that are not appropriate and learned that kids don't need more of it. They can, however be exposed to it in a way that enhances what they are doing in our classroom. As a teacher who spends fifty percent of the day outdoors, I feel that if I am going to be inside I want to make sure that I can give the students I serve the world. 
    Thanks again for all input. I am still open to more ideas.

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    Sharon Ramsey
    Head Teacher
    Barnert Temple Preschool
    Mahwah NJ
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  • 6.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-04-2022 07:51 AM
    I appreciate your feedback and while on some counts I agree with you (hands on is everything) I do believe that the children are growing up in the tech age and it is valid to explore new types of hands on experiences.

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    Sharon Ramsey
    Head Teacher
    Barnert Temple Preschool
    Mahwah NJ
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  • 7.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-04-2022 03:33 PM
    I have some experience with a smart board in PreK. Being able to tap, swipe and use a cursor are not tech skills that mean anything useful in the future of technology. It actually interferes with STEM development, because touchscreens have an almost magical quality that removes all feedback about "how things work."

    It is vital for young children to use real world machines, devices and materials in order to learn science, technology, engineering and math. A touchscreen tells you whether you are correct or not. Real world materials and co-learning develop higher order thinking, strategies for investigating and learning, and executive functioning. Do children need schools to teach clicking, swiping and tapping? Don't we see them already doing that in every grocery store and on every bus?

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    Mars April Caulton

    Chicago IL
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  • 8.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-04-2022 07:56 AM
    I totally understand where you are coming from. I agree that hands on is everything. I am not looking to take that away, save space, or even replace those experiences. I am however looking to bring my classroom and school into the tech age. These children are coming into a world vastly different than those of the past. I am looking for ways to engage my learners in hands on technology. I want to bring them the world and enhance their hands on experiences as much as possible.

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    Sharon Ramsey
    Head Teacher
    Barnert Temple Preschool
    Mahwah NJ
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  • 9.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-04-2022 08:27 AM
    Dr. Krieger, I agree. It just doesn't make sense to me at all. We know that young children learn best through play and through manipulating real-world objects.

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    Cathy McAuliffe, PhD
    *Children's Coalition of Aransas County Executive Board Vice-President
    *Coast Bend AEYC Interim President
    *NorthWest Arkansas Community College Adjunct Professor
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  • 10.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-04-2022 03:50 PM
    Cathleen and Nora, 
    I did reply to this post and we did have a Smartboard - right now it is a glorified bulletin board! I wasn't given the choice to 'have or not have' a board - it was just done! I was told we needed the technology in the classroom. 

    I personally miss the opportunity to use it for research with our kiddos since they can see instead of read. That part of it I did appreciate using but 'at certain times'. I only referred to that if: I didn't have any literature on the topic in question; if it was a question or inquiry from a child that I didn't know about; or if I didn't have any kind of visual to use on the "spot'. Trying to do it with a laptop was too small of a screen for little ones to all see well. Otherwise, I didn't utilize that board at all!

    Children do get enough 'screen' time at home so it needs to be limited in class time. I prefer to teach and perform songs and fingerplays minus the videos - the children are more focused on the video than the words and actions so I tried hard to incorporate this more once the board went down. I am hearing more language and singing along than with a video. I am able to use props for songs and fingerplays more often. This is connecting with the kiddos instead of them being glued to a screen.  They need to explore concepts thru play and hands-on activities and learn language and vocabulary thru adult-child interactions, peer discussions and problem-solving, literature and conversations. They need that person to person connection that technology can't provide. 

    Yes we are probably getting a Smart TV but if we do, the reasons I listed above are the only reasons, I as a preschool teacher, would use it.

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    Sue Miller
    team leader
    Child Development Center
    Remsen IA
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  • 11.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-06-2022 08:05 AM
    Yes, yes, yes! More things that kids can do and fewer things that kids watch...

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    Julie Diamond
    Adjunct professor, field supervisor
    CCNY
    New York NY
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  • 12.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-03-2022 07:38 AM
    Hi Sharon,
    I teach Pre-K 4 and had a Smartboard brand interactive whiteboard in my room for 10 years.  I loved it!  At first I thought they were crazy to spend the money on my age group.  Then I went on Smart Exchange and started to download.  My entire morning meeting was on the smartboard.  That freed up some of my bulletin board space for anchor charts.  After about a year was had so many downloads that I began to use the smartboard as a center too.  Unfortunately, the projectors light bulb went out and was very expensive to replace.  So the decision was made to replace it with an Epson.  I was able to keep my membership for the Smart Exchange and still use all my materials.  I don't like the Epson as much and have had many technical issues but it might be that I just didn't like the change.

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    Kathleen Hall
    ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
    Salisbury MD
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  • 13.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-04-2022 12:10 AM
    Difference of opinion here.  This is not about whether it's affordable, takes up space, replaces clutter or has multiple options for use. The issue is how children learn best.

    Vygotsky said children are "social learners" and today we talk about co-learning, including adult and child in collaboration as learning partners.  Piaget said children learn through play, through use of all of their senses (not simply eyes and ears) to form their knowledge.

    I hear a lot of educators talk about Reggio-inspired practice, nature-based preschools, focus on Loose Parts and schema theory, and Montessori's multi-sensory approach. We also know that preschools need to take bigger steps overall towards being fully inclusive to all children regardless of abilities, physical differences and ways of thought. 

    In some pretty big ways, learning via a smartboard is antithetical to most of those philosophies.

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    Mars April Caulton

    Chicago IL
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  • 14.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-05-2022 08:23 AM
    Ms. Caulton, I agree with your response. We know better, so we should do better.

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    Cathy McAuliffe, PhD
    *Children's Coalition of Aransas County Executive Board Vice-President
    *Coast Bend AEYC Interim President
    *NorthWest Arkansas Community College Adjunct Professor
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  • 15.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-05-2022 09:38 AM
    Another perspective...
    I found the blog post Why Counting Screen Time Minutes Isn't An Education Strategy" by @Faith Rogow to be thought provoking. The suggestion-to shift from looking at tech from a "medical model" (what is a healthy dose?) to a more educational perspective (how we can help children become media literate?) seems critically important to me, so children can learn to navigate our digital world and use these tools wisely.
    How can we use these tools in healthy ways, to build relationship, create and extend learning opportunities? Four early educators provide examples from their work in the blog post Using Technology to Enhance Children's Learning at Home and at School: Building Relationships is Key . You can click on the images to access short videos and read more about how the authors used technology in ways that align with research based guidance provided in the NAEYC position statement on technology and interactive media, including "Carefully select learning activities, tools, and technologies that promote children's critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills."
    Would be interested in hearing what others think about the viewpoints presented in these blog posts and our role as early educators to help children become media literate/ learn to use the tools mentioned in this post by Sharon and other early educators, in ways that are developmentally appropriate AND provide new opportunities to enhance learning (like providing chances to experience rain forest sights and sounds, etc.)


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    Bonnie Blagojevic
    Morningtown Consulting
    Orono ME
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  • 16.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-05-2022 09:43 AM
    Hi, Mars Caulton (and fellow members):

    When I read your post initially, I saw your sentence about being fully inclusive and thought that you were going to state that a SMART Board is supportive of early learning. The plot twist was that you said it isn't. As a former Special Education teacher to early learners in the public school, I was surprised by your response. For my non-verbal, ID, and autistic students, the interactive whiteboard has been tremendously important in social learning and in learning academic skills. We used our SMART Board for synchronous activities, such as brain breaks and yoga. We used it for listening trials, interactive learning games, and for turn-taking. Used the right way, an interactive whiteboard can be a very useful tool for young children. However, it mustn't be the only thing that we use with our early learners.

    The wonderful thing about the world of early childhood education is that we have so many useful practices and tools that we can draw upon. If it is useful for you, available to you, and part of your philosophy of practice, then by all means, enjoy the interactive whiteboard. :)


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    Jennifer P. Cottle, PhD.
    Adjunct Professor
    Human Development, Family Studies, & Counseling Dept.
    Texas Woman's University
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  • 17.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-03-2022 04:48 PM
    Hi
    We have an Epson that projects onto a white board.  The nice part is that it is interactive and when not in use you can use the whiteboard as well. It mounts on the wall so it doesn't take up too much space.
    Emily

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    Emily Brown
    Hailey Elementary Preschool
    Hailey ID
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  • 18.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-03-2022 04:52 PM
    Thank you. What are some of the things that you use your Epson for?

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    Sharon Ramsey
    Head Teacher
    Barnert Temple Preschool
    Mahwah NJ
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  • 19.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-03-2022 05:10 PM
    I use it for interactive games, poems, fingerplays, and songs.  I share photos with the children of them playing so we can have class discussions.   I've also used it for virtual field trips (not as great as the real thing). I use it sparingly, but I find it helpful when we need to look things up that the children are curious about.  When children make their own stories on the ipad I can share with the whole class.  




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  • 20.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-05-2022 04:48 PM
    Hello all,
    I've been away for a few days attending to some family matters, so am a bit late to this conversation, but I see that Bonnie B. referenced my writing. I'll add that my new NAEYC book (Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates), which many of you recently received as a member benefit, addresses many of the issues raised in this thread. I'll just offer a few things for folks to ponder:
    If children use screen media extensively at home, why is that a reason to preclude its use in your care/classroom instead of a reason to integrate it? 
    If our job is to help prepare children for the world they actually live in, why does it make sense to summarily exclude digital media, which is significant and inevitable part of all of our lives? How many things can you name that are a major part of children's lives where the educational response is "because it's part of your life, we won't allow it here."? 
    How do we differentiate between poor teaching practice and all use of tech, especially when we are attempting to explain poor outcomes? 

    Honestly, if you're using a whiteboard because you think children need to rehearse tapping or swiping skills or that simply using something digital will automatically make children digitally literate, they don't and it won't and you're paying a lot of money for nothing. But the existence of poor practice doesn't render as irrelevant the effective, creative, developmentally appropriate strategies used by other early childhood educators (including several on this thread).
    When colleagues tell you that their use of tech doesn't mean they've abandoned hands-on activities, free play, and/or nature-based activities, believe them. There is no research that indicates that embracing hands-on experiences, free play, and time outdoors (which I hope we all do) requires a total rejection of digital media tech. There's even a growing body of research that shows how children integrate digital tech into their free play without losing any of the benefits of play (e.g., check the work of Jackie Marsh or Karen Wohlwend).
    I hope that when we see colleagues engaged in poor practice around digital tech our answer is to offer them better professional development. That's hard to do if our response to them is "just don't use it."
    There's much more in the book, including how we can engage children around media tech issues from a place of joy and creativity rather than a place of anxiety or fear. Happy to explore further possibilities for deep discussion if folks are interested.

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    Dr. Faith Rogow
    InsightersEducation
    Ithaca NY
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  • 21.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-06-2022 08:19 AM
    HI Sharon-
    I'm a 26 year preK/K teacher. Our district put smartboards in all classrooms.​ They are very useful at times and to outright dismiss them as "wrong" seems pretty close-minded. Material and activities shared on the smartboard are a valuable part of my curriculum, along with the social, hands-on, pencil and paper, paints, music, dramatic play, science center, water table, world studies, etc...It's another tool in our ever-changing tool box.  Try it and decide how/if it works for you, your staff and your students. 
    We have "Smart" brand boards and it easily connects with my laptop and can be written on like a simple chalkboard (my favorite:) or used on a huge variety of other levels of tech magic. 
    Happy Friday, everyone!

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    Dominic Tejeda
    Beacon City School District
    New Windsor NY
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  • 22.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-07-2022 10:56 AM
    Hello Dominic,
    Smart boards are useful in a changing world!
    When I was taught in how to approach this technology by a wonderful K teacher. I was afraid in not knowing the value that it has in the academic classroom. Our students value the mixture of learning tools that are needed in our changing world. It truly makes me sad that without expanding our own knowledge to better uplift our student’s education. Teachers , Coordinators , etc need to use every aspect of technology to expand our own knowledge but to enhance learning for all of our students. Learning after all my years in teaching only gets better when we embrace change in how to teach in a classroom. “Learning Never Ends”!

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  • 23.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-06-2022 08:37 AM
    Hi Sharon,
    You have already gotten many responses and quite a bit to think about! I would just like to chime in with a thread that I see in all the posts. As Bonnie points out there are many teachers and educational thinkers out there (myself included) who have written about developmentally appropriate use for digtial tools. As Faith points out, these tools are a part of the daily lives of children so it is important that early childhood educators consider the ways they can guide use. And we see evidence of other teachers using a SmartBoard interactively or as a support to learners with developmental challenges. Others are concerned with the ways in which technologies might engender passive learning and push out play. I think the thread in all of this discussion and a core value of NAEYC's position on technologies is intentional use. It also seems to be your goal. You want to integrate digital tools into your classroom to support students for current or later use, you are thinking about what children need.
    Perhaps rather than starting with a tool (i.e. Should I buy a SmartBoard or any interactive whiteboard?) you might talk with your teachers about what your intentions or goals are for technology use? Do you want to allow for shared viewing of images and be able to draw on those images? Do you want opportunities for whole group discussions where children can move images to compare and contrast or sort? or even a virtual field trip? Maybe a SmartBoard would fit these goals. Or are your classrooms more focused on learning through play in centers, outdoors or in small groups? If so perhaps purchasing a tablet might help integrate technologies into your curriculum because it is portable and can be integrated in to play. In my work with schools, I often find technologies are purchased without clear plans with teachers of how they fit into the existing goals and teaching philosophies of the school. This money is often wasted because the teachers won't use tools they think are antithetical to developmentally appropriate practice.  I think it is important to consider the ways digital tools can play a role in excellent early childhood classrooms, but start with your vision of the classroom and find a tool that fits. 

    I talk more about this and about the ways digital tools can be used for creating, communicating, and collaborating in my book Digital Tools for Learning, Creating & Thinking

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    Victoria Fantozzi
    Manhattanville College
    Montclair NJ
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  • 24.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-06-2022 09:50 AM
    Hello,

    After reading this discussion, I see what seems like the inevitable split regarding the use of technology is present. The replies with resources written by Faith, Bonnie, Victoria and others are on target. It isn't about the tech tool, it is about how exploration and inquiry (yes, hands on - ever use a wireless digital microscope outside during nature exploration?) can be deepened. I collaborate with other early education faculty at my university (University of Maine at Farmington) who are active in nature education and Reggio Emilio on using interactive technology - hands on and outside. It is not an either/or situation.

    Interesting replies about the question - Smart Board or Smart TV. One consideration I think is important is tech support - both training and maintenance. If you adopt one or the other, what type of support do you need and can you access it? You can rely on the fact that the technology will become outdated. Our campus preschool obtained an Engage-2 multi-touch table from Kaplan in 2015 - the apps that came with the table are no longer available nor does Kaplan support the table. But it is still being used - and it's great with the digital microscope!

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    Donna Karno
    Associate Professor
    University of Maine, Farmington
    Farmington ME
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  • 25.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-06-2022 10:37 AM
    There is a split because of the perspective that different folks take in about acquiring and using Smart Boards.

    I have seen children sitting in a circle in front of a Smart Board passively watching a teacher work with it and use them only for teaching didactically. There are other forms of technology that fully engage children in discovering and learning concepts as well as how to manipulate the technology tools.

    The point that I was making in my post some days ago was that Smart Boards are very expensive and unless you are using them interactively with the children  - with them using the tool - they might not be the best use of limited financial resources. Desktop computers and laptops as well as iPads, etc. are different because children can learn to use these on their own - a hands on approach to learning information and tech skills.

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    Nora Krieger, PhD
    Associate Professor Emerita/Past Chair NJEEPRE
    Bloomfield College/NJ Educators Exploring the Practices of Reggio Emilia
    Highland Park, NJ
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  • 26.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-06-2022 11:08 AM
    Hi Nora,

    You are correct that the technology is expensive. Does your state's DOE have an early education IT specialist who can help you connect with early educators using either Smart Boards or Smart TVs? I know Pre-K - Grade 3 teachers who have students involved with some really wonderful activities that has children working collaboratively, and those are the folks who can  bet help you I think. There are also  teachers who do not utilize the smart technology to do anything other than passive activity, which is what you want to avoid.

    Good Luck!

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    Donna Karno
    Professor, Early Childhood Education
    University of Maine, Farmington
    Farmington ME
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  • 27.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-06-2022 01:59 PM
    Thanks for the thoughts. I am a retired early childhood professor so whatever happens will not affect me personally. There is all sorts of technology out there, some are more appropriate for younger children than others. In most cases, young children are not operating Smart Boards, but there are many other tech tools that they can manipulate and use to explore ideas and topics, and develop technology skills.

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    Nora Krieger, PhD
    Associate Professor Emerita/Past Chair NJEEPRE
    Bloomfield College/NJ Educators Exploring the Practices of Reggio Emilia
    Highland Park, NJ
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  • 28.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-07-2022 08:53 AM
    Thank you Donna! I would love to learn more about your work with tech in outdoor/nature ECE!
    currently, I am an assistant teacher in an all outdoor, mixed age , Waldorf pre K class. While I love the majority of practices, I do wish we could introduce more tech into the classrooms ( as these are all outdoor, more smart phone than smart board🤣).
    such tech is now the most used tools of the adult world, so it is natural & appropriate for children to be drawn to play with them- that is how we learn our world.
    Even outside, a tablet or smart phone can help bring nature closer & enrich the shared environment by giving magnified views of tiny critters that can be enjoyed by a larger group.  They can bring a far away bird up close; They can help us identify plants and trees, as keep a log of what we have seen.
    Additionally, we can share music from voices around the world, & even extend our classroom into faraway classrooms and laboratories for a wonderful global community at our finger tips. Of course all of this tech play & exploration cannot replace time spent moving in active, outdoor free play! It needs to be interstates into such play- not be seen as a competing activity!
    I believe ECE teachers who think of cell phone tech and the like as merely passive entertainment are in need of hands on training to enrich their views of what this amazing tech can bring into our classrooms. From there, we can help bring this use of cell phone play into our families lives as well! There is so much waiting for use beyond Fruit Ninja & Angry Birds!!
    Additionally, thus tech can also level the playing field for many differently abled children. I also believe this tech is critical for connecting & enriching home childcare as well. Just imagine the possibilities! All we need is training to unlock so much!

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    Margro Purple
    Rockville MD
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  • 29.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-07-2022 12:50 PM

    Completely agree, Magro! This reminds me of a wonderful conversation I had with some preschoolers on the playground about a spider we found. The tablet allowed me to snap a picture of it and after we had seen in scramble away in real life we were able to zoom in and see its multiple eyes and hairy legs. It felt like a natural extension of the playful learning we were already engaged in. 
    I also love apps like Seesaw or Shadow Puppet EDU that allow for audio recording over pictures so children can record their observations or reflect on their process. 

    Sharing theses photos and stories with families also helps families understand the kind of learning done in play and feel more connected to the classroom community.



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    Victoria Fantozzi
    Manhattanville College
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  • 30.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-08-2022 11:08 AM
    Hi Victoria,

    I've had good luck integrating technology as tool, like has been said. The outdoor spider reminds me of a tablet microscope tool that creates intention and creation. The clip-on lens goes over the smart camera and the image appears on the screen. They are used by jewelers and run $8. Attach lens, open camera app and see what the kids find.

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    Laura Weilert
    Maker of Experiences, Owner
    that Science Fairy
    Colorado Spgs CO
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  • 31.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-08-2022 08:56 AM
    Margro, I think you've hit the nail on the head! When state minimum standards are as low as they are in so many states, what many of us envision is that teachers with minimal training will (and do) use technology in very inappropriate ways. A friend was just telling me about a young woman who used her iPad to entertain the children so that she didn't have to interact with them. I personally observed a teacher in a very highly-regarded "quality" center use the iPad (that was given to her to document meal counts, etc.) to look at FB and other social media sites during lunch. She never once interacted with the children.  And she was the LEAD teacher. I had a student doing her practicum in that classroom.

    When highly educated teachers who truly understand DAP have access to technology in the classroom, I think it will look much more like what you have described. (I love the new DAP book.)

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    Cathy McAuliffe, PhD
    *Children's Coalition of Aransas County Executive Board Vice-President
    *Coast Bend AEYC Interim President
    *NorthWest Arkansas Community College Adjunct Professor
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  • 32.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-08-2022 11:34 AM
    Hello Margo,

    Thanks for connecting!

    I was reading just this morning about a Community Science project that was tracking snow world wide - an example of global connections, nature, and technology.

    Best,

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    Donna Karno
    Professor, Early Childhood Education
    University of Maine at Farmington
    Farmington, Maine
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  • 33.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-08-2022 03:13 PM
    That's an excellent example of using tech to achieve a goal that otherwise would be almost impossible to do. Powerful! I hope that the ECE field will start developing clear goalposts around use of various types of tech (and to remind people that technology is a lot more than stuff with screens.) 

    The starting point should always be, "What do we want to explore/discover, and how can tech be part of THAT?"

    We should not start the process with "what this device can do."  Instead it should start with "Which types of technology will support the learning goals we have identified for this plan / lesson / unit?"  That will move people away from focusing children on "what smartboards etc can do". Put the children and their discovery process first and foremost.  Tech cannot replace great teaching.

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    Mars April Caulton

    Chicago IL
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  • 34.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-21-2022 07:37 AM
    Thinking about Margro's' interest in using tech outdoors, to support nature appreciation, and comments from others about the importance of providing children with activities that are hands-on, provide new learning opportunities, help children be social, learn to observe and reflect on their process, wanted to mention this short TYC article that incorporates technology use outdoors. Children learn about the artist Andy Goldsworthy, and are inspired to look at natural materials in new ways to create "temporary art" . They use tech to document, reflect and share about their work. Preschoolers Taking Tech Outdoors

    If, as many suggest, intentional use is key and early educators and families need more good information about appropriate tech use with young children, still curious about how others are moving this conversation forward, and what communication formats work well in your setting. (blog posts, articles, books, video clips). What works for you?
    In a recent meeting with some early educators, we discussed that it can be helpful to really get familiar with our tech/devices/how they work=we looked at the photo markup tool. Each teacher tried using the photo markup tool on the iPad and looked at an example integrating its use with block play -from NAEYC's Winter Issue of TYC had an article 
    o-authored by @Rachel Konerman @Jennifer Horwitz  Sarah Clancy and Carmen Rietta
     
    Marc Faulder's blog post takes tech outside using Storytelling with photography and drawing/markup tools to support imaginative play  
    And yes, @Lynn Hartle @Faith Rogow and @Victoria Fantozzi, think online discussion groups of your books on HELLO would be great...
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    Bonnie Blagojevic
    Morningtown Consulting
    Orono ME
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  • 35.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-21-2022 07:43 AM
    Thank you for sharing these great resources!

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    Rockville MD
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  • 36.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-21-2022 08:15 AM
    Yes!!! Intentional is the only way I would do it. We used tech to explore art just last week by having the children actually taking portraits of the people in their worlds. When we are outside all afternoon, the children often run to me and ask me to "seek" with my phone what something is- we have identified leaves, caterpillars, types of beetles in one afternoon alone. We have even checked to make sure something isn't poison ivy. This type of hands on tech is the type that I want to instill in my children. This is real word use.  I hope that this discovery will then spark the interest for them to want to dig deeper. I have been inspired by all of the answers I have been getting and that the conversation has continued. It is a part of the children's world and we need to get on board! Thank you all, keep it coming :)

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    Barnert Temple Preschool
    Mahwah NJ
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  • 37.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-11-2022 08:08 AM
    Personally I don't feel any type of screens are appropriate for a preschool classroom. Children are indoctrinated with screens at home. We wonder why children have so many social/ emotional and regulation problems when all they're doing is being pushed in front of a screen. A screen at a restaurant, a screen at the doctor, a screen in the car, a screen while eating dinner, a screen while sitting on the couch in front of a TV that is already on, a screen at the soccer game, a screen at the baseball game. Screens do not need to be in an early childhood classroom. They can learn everything they need without a screen. They can learn MORE without a screen. 

    As a mom and an early childhood professional I took my own children's tablets away over a month ago and you know what has happened their imagination has flourished and their regulation skills are getting better. Taking away their tablets is the best thing I have done as a parent recently. 

    Say NO to screens!

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    Trisha Dart
    Owner/Teacher
    Little Ones Learning Preschool and Childcare
    Comstock Park, MI
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  • 38.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-11-2022 10:06 AM
    hi Trisha,
    although i redpect your opinion both as an ECE professional and a parent, i think your assertion that everything that can be accimplished on a smart screen can be accomplished with no tech, i disagree.
    There is no replacement for video chats with people around the world other than this kind of tech. Instant identification of birds, insects, plants and trees is likewise not possible without tech.
    collaboration with classrooms around your local area or around the world where different observations are pooled to provide data for scientific investigations is only easily & quickly accessible with such tech as well.
    Although I have dug butterfly gardens with preschools and enjoyed sharing the caterpillars & their amazing metamorphosis with students, the actual timing of a butterfly's emergence from a chrysalis is out of our control & often occurs ever morning or on weekends. This type of tech allows me to share the thrill of seeing a butterfly emerge with an entire group of children, up close, and without pushing or risk to the butterfly!
    During school closures, over a screen I am able to bring weekly tadpoles viewing into homes & classrooms I am not able to enter.
    Additionally, a simple cell phone with a camera can enable a child who is unable to write or draw share an observation of nature with classmates & family in a beautiful, individual & unique way!
    There are so many possibilities- the only barrier is the imagination, or, sadly fear & ignorance of tech itself.
    The arguments against smart screens are the same arguments once made by the ancient Greeks about writing! Thank goodness they were not heeded!
    Screens are here to stay, as ECE professionals we have the opportunity to teach families how to make tech work for them in living healthy, happy & connected lives, or we can continue to fight the losing battle to ban screens from childhood and leave the content creation, and applications up to corporations looking for sales, profits and direct access to our children's perspective of the world.
    Screens do not mean passive TV watching anymore…
           -Margro Purple

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  • 39.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-11-2022 10:49 AM
    You do bring up some valid points and I respect that. I suppose occasional screen time can be appropriate.

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    Owner/Teacher
    Little Ones Learning Preschool and Childcare
    Comstock Park, MI
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  • 40.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-11-2022 11:34 AM
    Trisha, I hear your message- when my children were small (they are adults now) we had a lengthy period of time when there was no TV viewing in the house and I also think it helped their interactions. I have seen studies of how too much device use (something we all see frequently/lots of device use by adults), can contribute to language delays, and share your concern about inappropriate tech use with young children.
    I also appreciate and agree with Margro's reply, other posts in this discussion and from my own work/life experiences, where intentional tech use has provided new access to learning opportunities for children and families. 
    What I am wondering, for all of us that feel strongly about the issue of inappropriate technology use, (perhaps everyone passionate/contributing to this conversation)- can we identify points of agreement/ways to collaborate, to consider not only how to use tech in beneficial ways (as media mentors), but what that might that look like in real life, in our work with children and families. Do we have not only an opportunity but a responsibility to have these kinds of conversations about healthy media diet with children and families (we talk with children about healthy diet/food choices) as another way to support healthy language development, relationships, nature appreciation and many aspects of learning. What do you think?
    I am grateful daily that I can use FaceTime with my young grandchildren (living in Europe) as a play and learning partner so that we can have a real relationship, especially in recent years with travel more problematic. Virtually, we can read books, plant seeds, play with blocks and play figures, observe butterflies pollinating flowers, admire their art work, and more.  
    Appreciate everyone's contributions- always thought provoking...


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    Morningtown Consulting
    Orono ME
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  • 41.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-12-2022 06:29 AM

    Bonnie- what a fantastic perspective & suggestion!

    perhaps categorizing smart screens & other similar technologies as TOOLS is a great jumping off.  At our Waldorf preschool we allow the children to dig with age appropriate shovels, teach how to hammer nails, cut with saws, whittle with vegetable peelers and use a mallet and large screw driver to de-bark tree stumps. All of the tools used for these activities carry risks; using the tools improperly or with out "training" & adult supervision increases the chance of injury.  Instead of banning these tools, we integrate them into our practice, and make sure all the teachers understand & follow safe practices.
    I agree with Bonnie that we have a responsibility to provide appropriate guidelines & training for ECE community on the use of smart screen tech in the classroom.
    Honestly, I have not read any DAP guidelines or discussion of smart screen tech that stands out in my memory.
    Has NAEYC ever published a book on the topic?
    What a wonderful resource that could be!
    It is certainly not any easy area to jump into without training & guidance for many people- the lit can be overwhelming & the tech companies are often the ones providing the training, sometimes this turns "training" into a sales pitch…
    In any case, this type of tech is only appropriate with adult supervision, limits of duration & good "web-nanny" programs & other protections to guard against intrusions of highly inappropriate content ( allowing children free, unsupervised access to the web is a bit like handing them blowtorches and walking away😱
    One more observation, incorporating the use of smart screen & similar tech in grant proposals often makes them much more likely to be successful.  ECE professionals need to be increasingly more tech Davy in the coming years, and having such training could possibly help us gain more respect and pay as a professional career distinguished from the "just babysitting" stigma if we are appropriately trained.



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  • 42.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-12-2022 07:05 AM
    Hi Margro, 

    Yes! I love the Waldorf approach that you bring to this discussion. Technologies are literally tools - as mentioned earlier at one point a pencil was a new technology - and as such they can be used for many purposes. Children and parents aren't currently getting enough support in making decisions about these tools. Just as a pencil and a blow torch are vastly different tools, there are many types of digital tools. Tools that allow for user driven creating are more conducive to thinking and collaborating, vs the gamified apps that many teachers think of when they think of technology in the classroom and many parents choose out of the "Educational" section of the app store - so it is really important that EC educators gain an understanding of these differences and of the opportunities for learning with (not from) digital tools. Otherwise, as Bonnie pointed out, they are engaging with technologies outside of school with little guidance.  You asked if NAEYC published a book on this topic - I happen to have a book coming out with NAEYC press Digital Tools for Learning Creating and Thinking: Developmentally Appropriate Strategies for Early Childhood Educators  and I also contributed to the section about teaching with technologies in the updated version of Developmentally Appropriate Practice. 
    Faith Rogow also has a book about Media Literacy with NAEYC

    thanks for an engaging and interesting discussion, 

    Vicki

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    Manhattanville College
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  • 43.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-12-2022 07:36 AM

    Thanks Victoria!

    I am ordering the book in print ASAP! Sad as it is- I just can't focus on online books so paper is my crutch🤣!



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  • 44.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-12-2022 08:22 AM
    Thank you Margro-really enjoyed reading about how you help children learn to use real tools safely in your Waldorf program, and how you extend this thinking to technology use.
    If we all agree, for example, that the way the tool is used might help or harm a child's language development, what kinds of resources exist that can help us have these conversations with children, teachers and parents and what still is needed?
    I found the NAEYC PS and article with a followup after 5 years to be very helpful, since they provide research based guidance. There is also an NAEYC tech and YC Interest Forum group and would invite all interested in this topic to become involved in that group.One project of the group "Children and Families as Digital Creators and Storytellers" resulted in resource creation- this Wakelet link collection includes 2 webinars with stories from educators, a blog post and other related activities on that topic. Donne Karno talked about using these resources in her work with undergraduate students and invited others to try/discuss how they might use them.
    Vicki-look forward to reading your book and Faith's as well. Wondering if there can be a way to create an online book group/discussion for each book, using HELLO?
    So important to learn how to use these tools well/safely and have these conversations, Appreciating there are so many different kinds of programs and scenarios, always wondering what others have tried or imagine might help


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    Morningtown Consulting
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  • 45.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-12-2022 10:51 AM
    That's a wonderful idea, Bonnie. I'll reach out to my editor to see if NAEYC could help facilitate that.

    On a related note, Ill also be at the summer PLI in Cleavland, so perhaps I'll be able to speak with some of you in person.

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    Manhattanville College
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  • 46.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 05-14-2022 10:38 AM
    Hi All,
     Thanks Bonnie for sharing our
    "Children and Families as Digital Creators and Storytellers" s Wakelet link collection -2 webinars with stories from educators, a blog post, other activities.  And Thanks Donne Karno who Posted some great specifics about using these resources in her work with undergraduate students !  

        I am currently  reading Victoria's NAEYC Digital Tools for Learning Creating and Thinking: Developmentally Appropriate Strategies for Early Childhood Educators  and Faith's Book on Digital Literacy as well.   

       Let me know Victoria if you need help to create an online book group/discussion for each book, using HELLO.  
    FYI... If you are interested in a few more readings:

    *Hartle, L., Bales, D., Gardner, K., MacLeod, K., DeFluri, M., & Ehinger, S. (2021). Early Childhood Teacher Professional Development on Technologies for Young Children. In J. Burris, D. Rosen, & D. Karno (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Empowering Early Childhood Educators With Technology (pp. 102-126). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-6888-0.ch006

    *Hartle, L. (2020). Technology and Young Children: Processes, Context, Research, and Practice. In Cohen, L. E. & Waite-Stupianski, S. STEM in Early Childhood Education:  How Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Strengthen Learning.  New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429453755-2/technology-young-children-lynn-hartle 

    *Hartle, L. (2015). Technology and Play. In Couchenour D.L. &, Chrisman, J.K.  Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

    *Bales, D., Dalsemer, K., Blagojevic, B., Hartle, L., Chung, N., Gardner, K., MacLeod, K., Rodriguez-Vazquez, J. (September, 2020). Using Technology to Enhance Children's Learning at Home and at School: Building Relationships is Key. Washington DC: NAEYC. https://www.naeyc.org/resources/blog/using-technology-enhance-childrens-learning-home-and-school



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    Professor of Education
    The Penn State Univ. Brandywine
    Media PA
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  • 47.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 10-15-2022 08:08 AM
    NAEYC just posted a question on their Facebook page related to technology use-another place to continue this conversation for those using FB/interested https://www.facebook.com/NAEYC

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    Bonnie Blagojevic
    Morningtown Consulting
    Orono ME
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  • 48.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 10-15-2022 10:56 AM
    Good question! The answer is it all depends: purpose, age of  children, the children's developmental status. These are just a few issues that popped into my mind about the use of SmartBoards in EC classrooms.

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    Nora Krieger, PhD
    Associate Professor Emerita/Past Chair NJEEPRE
    Bloomfield College/NJ Educators Exploring the Practices of Reggio Emilia
    Highland Park, NJ
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  • 49.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-06-2022 10:22 AM
    I agree, what matters is how tech is used. I agree, it can be used meaningfully to extend experience. I think I react against tech because of how discouraged I am about what I see in ECE classrooms. I frequently see digital technology being misused. When children become restless because of overly instructional programming, a video is played and children come to the rug, jump around, and wave their arms. There undoubtedly are child care settings in which children actively explore environments, go outdoors, etc. But from what I have observed, these are the exceptions. 

    What do we believe children should be doing in early childhood settings? Should three year olds and four year olds (and even two year olds!) be coloring in photocopied images? Should fives be expected to read at the end of kindergarten? Why? What are our goals? What experiences are crucial for young children and how can we encourage these in school and child care settings nationally? Where are the block areas and pretend areas in preK classrooms? Why are there no block and pretend areas in K classrooms? Etc etc. Nora Krieger (above) writes about considering the purposes of activities...,What are our purposes? Misuse of digital technology is only a small part of the problem. 


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    Adjunct professor, field supervisor
    CCNY
    New York NY
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  • 50.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-06-2022 10:34 AM
    Thank you, Julie.

    In my comments, I was specifically referring to the use of SmartBoards where children sit and view items on the Board, where they are not actively interacting with the content, where the teacher is in control of what the children are viewing. This, to me, using SmartBoards with really young children is too passive - particularly 3 years olds and most 4 year olds.

    We should always reflect on the goals and purpose's develops of activities we design in the classroom as well as how choices reflect children's developmental status and individual needs.

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    Nora Krieger, PhD
    Associate Professor Emerita/Past Chair NJEEPRE
    Bloomfield College/NJ Educators Exploring the Practices of Reggio Emilia
    Highland Park, NJ
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  • 51.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-06-2022 05:31 PM
    I agree, it is about passivity vs. engagement...

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    Adjunct professor, field supervisor
    CCNY
    New York NY
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  • 52.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-06-2022 02:47 PM
    I agree Julie, I think misuse/use of technology for passivity is a symptom of a larger problem. However, I also think that for far too long technologies have been set up as the cause of the problem rather than misuse as a symptom of a larger problem. The larger problem I see is the lack of developmentally appropriate instructional decisions - leadership or teachers are not always trained in developmentally appropriate practice and thus do not understand the need for play and all of the wonderful things that you mentioned. However, even when school is playbased or has answered all of the important questions you posed, research finds that they still may use technologies in a way that is antithetical to the rest of their practice - that is they aren't seeing technologies as a tool for instruction like they do other materials in the classroom, so they allow it for short periods of time all passively. It's almost like diet culture where sweets are bad, but are also part of our food culture so you sneak them or have them on cheat days. Technologies have been set up as bad, but also part of culture so children have them, and schools often have them too, so teachers aren't really integrating them into instruction just using them sparingly or when the kids (or they) are tired - or perhaps because they have to because of an enforced curriculum. 
    I think it's really important to integrate digital tools into the conversation of all the ways we teach children so that when they are present teachers see them as part of the toolkit of intentional and developmentally appropriate teaching.

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    Manhattanville College
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  • 53.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-08-2022 10:21 AM
    Yes, thanks
    I agree, it isn't helpful to rigidly dismiss digital technology (although I may have done it in reaction to misuse!). For one thing, technology allows us to dramatically increase possibilities for documenting and sharing children's work with the children themselves and with families. It can, for example, let us enlarge photos of block buildings and record children's comments and questions about their work. The images also provide valuable content for teachers in understanding children's thinking and interests. 

    As you and others say, we have to conceive of technology as a tool in aid of our chosen goals. The "diet" metaphor is appropriate! Tech should not be a reward for the children or a means for teachers to relax a bit. As you say, the major challenge is for understanding of development to be central to teaching decision-making. 





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  • 54.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-08-2022 11:00 AM
    Julie and Victoria, I agree with this. The issue is largely about intentional teaching based on proper learning objectives and techniques. When administrators say "Hey, look at all the great things a HATCH screen can do! Every classroom gets one!" it becomes about catering to a digital media company's own ideas of how children learn. And that often leads to teachers having to follow along, even if they know better. And if they DON'T know better, then it's a YouTube storytelling instead of teachers reading a book, so that staff can set up tables for lunch etc.

    I'm making my list of the best uses of screen technology that came from this thread/convo. Lots of powerful tools out there, to be used with the child's interest-based learning in mind 🙂.

    Mars 🌻


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  • 55.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-08-2022 11:12 AM
    HI.. All
       I appreciate all the great insights about the many DAP and intentional uses of  high and low tech tools that children, with teachers' support that can use to scaffold their learning.  

    If you are going to the Annual Conf. in Washington.. we welcome you at our session.. and if you can't attend this year.. send me an email AFTER the conference.. and I'll send you a link to our Google drive of resources we will be sharing..
          cheers..  

    Early childhood teachers' blended learning knowledge and tech skill development: Learning communities for the why, what, and what not      Lynn, Diane, Katie, Kelly presenting...

    Thu. Nov 17, 2022

    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Room 140A, Washington Convention Center

    .....And we welcome you  to the  Naeyc TEchYC Interest forum  annual Meeting 

    Thurs Nov. 17th    6-7:30pm    Marriott Marquis in Salon 8 Room

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    Lynn Hartle
    Professor of Education
    The Penn State Univ. Brandywine
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  • 56.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-08-2022 12:04 PM
    That sounds like a great session Lynn! 
    I'll be presenting at the Annual Meeting too.
    Create, Talk, Learn: Using Technologies in Developmentally Appropriate Ways
    Friday Nov 18 8:00 - 9:30 (a thank you in advance to everyone who gets up early for the first sessions!!)
    Room 140 B Washington Convention Center

    Faith Rogow and I are also doing a preconference workshop
    Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates: Rethinking Digital and Media Literacy for Early Childhood
    Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m Tuesday November 16

    Looking forward to continuing the discussion in person  :)

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    Victoria Fantozzi
    Manhattanville College
    Author of Digital Tools for Learning, Creating, and Thinking: Developmentally Appropriate Strategies for Early Childhood Educators (NAEYC press 2022)
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  • 57.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-15-2022 06:58 AM
    Like Julie (and many early childhood educators), feel it is very concerning to see tech misused in classrooms. Also started thinking about Faith's comment earlier on in this discussion: "I hope that when we see colleagues engaged in poor practice around digital tech our answer is to offer them better professional development. "
    And wondering if there are ways we can be more intentional about using NAEYC HELLO conversations to exchange ideas and information- What kinds of discussions do you feel might prove useful? 
    Glad Lynn posted info about the NAEYC Tech & YC IF meeting at the conference- if you are attending, hope to see you there. 
    Will be joining Mark Bailey, Diane Bales , and Warren Buckleitner on Friday at 1:30 for a session "Innovative technologies for inspired learning: Developmentally appropriate digital tools and techniques to empower young children" at the annual conference. And like Lynn, happy to share conference news after returning from DC.
     
    My grandmother was born in 1895 and lived in NYC. When she was in her 90's commented how it was amazing to think about-all of the changes she must have seen in her lifetime- cars, TVs, computers, etc and she replied "It is nothing compared to what you will see in your lifetime." Wise words!
    Hope we can continue to have these important conversations and deepen our own understanding of ways to use tech tools intentionally to support educational goals and to partner with families so that young children will have media mentors who can help them navigate this increasingly digital world. 


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    Morningtown Consulting
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  • 58.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-15-2022 08:28 AM
    Thanks Bonnie for sharing your session with Mark, Diane, and Warren     

    Just so you can find the session if you are at the Conference:
    Innovative technologies for inspired learning: Developmentally appropriate digital tools and techniques to empower young children

    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM     Salon 2, Marriott Marquis


    I hope to talk to all who attend the Tech sessions and our Annual Meeting 
    Technology and Young Children Interest Forum Meeting 

    Thu. Nov 17, 2022      6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 

    Salon 8, Marriott Marquis

    Lynn

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    The Penn State Univ. Brandywine
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  • 59.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-15-2022 08:42 AM
    It's been so interesting to read the discussion. Thank you, all!

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    Adjunct professor, field supervisor
    CCNY
    New York NY
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  • 60.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-15-2022 09:00 AM
    Lynn:

    What day is the session that you listed and where is it taking place? I see the date, time, and location of the business meeting but not the session that you had in your response.

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    Associate Professor Emerita/Past Chair NJEEPRE
    Bloomfield College/NJ Educators Exploring the Practices of Reggio Emilia
    Highland Park, NJ
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  • 61.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 11-15-2022 09:38 AM
    HI Nora
    I hope this helps:

    Innovative technologies for inspired learning: Developmentally appropriate digital tools and techniques to empower young children

    Fri. Nov 18, 2022   1:00 PM - 2:30 PM     Salon 2, Marriott Marquis

    Speakers

    Mark Bailey  Distinguished University Professor  Pacific University College of Ed

    Warren Buckleitner  Editor   Children's Technology Review

    Diane Bales   Professor of Human Development and Family Science  University of Georgia,

    Bonnie Blagojevic  Education Consultant  Morningtown Consulting
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    Early childhood teachers' blended learning knowledge and tech skill development: Learning communities for the why, what, and what not

    Thu. Nov 17, 2022

    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Room 140A, Washington Convention Center

    Speakers

    Lynn Hartle Professor of Education PSU, Brandywine

    Diane Bales Professor of Human Development and Family Science University of Georgia,

    Katherine Gardner Kindergarten and First Grade ELL Teacher Knollwood Elementary School

    Kelly Dalsemer  M.Ed. Pre K Teacher Orange County Public Schools, FL
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    Technology and Young Children Interest Forum

    Annual Meeting
        Thursday, November 17

          6- 7:30 pm

    Marriott Marquis in the Salon 8 room



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    The Penn State Univ. Brandywine
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  • 62.  RE: Smartboards in your classroom?

    Posted 02-12-2023 02:18 PM

    My preschool just got two Promethean boards.  My last preschool had a smartboard in every classroom.  I used it for my morning meetings (calendar, weather, etc), and music and movement opportunities.  We also used it to practice writing letters and play some math games. When we did a unit on the arctic, I was able to take my class on a virtual field trip.   I have not used a Promethean board and would love to hear from anyone that has one.  I feel that I need training in appropriate ways to use it.  I think it can become a tool that would be second nature to use, after trainings and ideas.



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    Wesley freedom eylc
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