Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3

by Brian Puerling, Carol Copple (Foreword by)

Overview

Technology is rapidly changing the ways we live our lives and interact with the world. It’s also changing how you teach. Technology can enhance your classroom’s complete curriculum and assessment and help you create and capture meaningful experiences, support inquiry, and expand your classroom’s walls. This comprehensive framework will help you select and use a variety of technology and interactive media tools in your classroom—including digital cameras, audio recorders, webcams, publication and presentation tools, and multi-touch mobile devices.

Reflecting Technology in Early Childhood Programs, the joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Rogers Center, Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3 includes
Developmentally appropriate and effective strategies to use technology to facilitate children’s learning
28 links to video clips that provide a deeper look at how these practices are used in real classrooms
32 forms to help you plan, reflect on, and evaluate how you use technology to help children learn

Brian Puerling, a National Board Certified Teacher and graduate of the Erikson Institute, is the Director of Education Technology at the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. He is a former preschool teacher, a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Tech and Young Children Interest Forum, serves on the Sesame Workshop Teacher Council, is active with the Chicago Metro Association for the Education of Young Children, and is a popular presenter at national conferences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605541181
Publisher:	Redleaf Press
Publication date:	07/10/2012
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Brian Puerling: Brian Puerling is the technology coordinator and curriculum specialist at Catherine Cook School in Chicago, IL. He holds a master's degree in early childhood education and is pursuing his master's of education degree in curriculum and instruction. Brian is active in the Chicago Metro Association for the Education of Young Children and is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Technology and Young Children Interest Forum. Brian was the recipient of the PBS Innovative Educator Award and PBS Teacher's Choice Award in 2010. He holds workshops and offers technology consulting.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Starting Small
2. A Picture Tells 1000 Words: Using Photos and Images to Inspire
3. Rethinking the Use of Projectors
4. Capturing Conversations through Audio Recordings
5. Video Conferencing and Webcams: Everyday is a Field Trip
6. Going Public through Publication and Presentation Tools
7. Video Snapshots: A Window into the Classroom
8. iPads: New, Easy, and Fun!
9. Moving from Adding Technology to Embedding it Across the Curriculum
Appendix
Index