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Microcomputers and Preschoolers: Bandwagon or Boon.
Shade, Daniel D. – 1987
Research indicates that there are numerous opportunities for educators to use computer technology in ways which are developmentally appropriate and which support or enhance preschool children's natural motivation to explore and discover. Since many of the misconceptions about preoperational cognition that form the basis for serious objections to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Early Childhood Computer Software.
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Haugland, Susan W.; Shade, Daniel D. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Surveyed 112 early childhood teachers, administrators, college faculty, curriculum specialists, business representatives, and students on the current status of computer integration in early childhood classrooms. Found that 79% of the respondents used computers with children aged 3-5 years and that the majority stressed that computer software for…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Computer Attitudes, Computer Software Evaluation
Computers and Young Children: Software Types, Social Contexts, Gender, Age, and Emotional Responses.
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Shade, Daniel D. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Videotaped four- to eight-year olds as they interacted with computer software at different levels of developmental appropriateness. Facial expressions and other affective behaviors were analyzed as a function of age, presence of a peer, and appropriateness of software. Found that responses were mediated more by age, gender, and social condition…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
Integrating Technology into the Early Childhood Classroom: The Case of Literacy Learning.
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Shade, Daniel D.; Davis, Bernadette Caruso – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 1999
Uses the integration of literacy learning in early-childhood classrooms as a model for computer integration. Describes and recommends a basic set of "curriculum integration" software. Discusses how computers can function as scaffolds and manipulatives; includes an example of how to design an integrated unit that incorporates technology. Discusses…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education