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What Is Educational Technology and How Is It Being Used to Support Teaching and Learning in the Early Years?
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Jack, Christine; Higgins, Steve – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2019
There are many digital technologies available to support teaching and learning. Historically the focus has tended to be on computers, but this has extended to include interactive whiteboards and tablets. As well as these technologies, which were originally designed for adults, there are devices specifically designed to support teaching and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
"Horrible or Happy--We'll Have a Little Grey Now": Aesthetic Judgements in Children's Narration with an Interactive Whiteboard
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Skantz Åberg, Ewa – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2017
This empirical study investigates what activities emerge when six-year olds are instructed to create narratives with an interactive whiteboard (IWB). A detailed analysis is provided of what the participants are oriented towards in the activity, and further what aesthetic judgements are used and their role in the evolving activity. Theoretically,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Teaching Methods, Bulletin Boards, Interactive Video
Introduction and Evaluation of the Notice Boards Designed for Pre-School Children and Their Parents within the Framework of "Media Literacy" Theme
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Arslan Cansever, Belgin; Seyhan, Gamze Bilir – World Journal of Education, 2015
The aim of this study was to raise the awareness of pre-school teacher candidates within the framework of media literacy the importance of which has been noticed recently in Turkey and which has attracted attention of academic circles as a research topic. In addition, by providing opportunities for pre-school candidates to design materials on this…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Preschool Education, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Exploring the Use of Technology to Assist with Literacy Development: A Multiple Case Study
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Fludd, Selena Pinkney – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Reading is a critical skill and some purport that it is the beginning of all learning. A child's ability to read can have a vast effect on his or her entire academic career. Unfortunately, the number of students who test below grade level in reading has increased year by year. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to investigate…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Teacher Attitudes
Integration of Interactive Whiteboard in Swedish Preschool Practices
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Bourbour, Maryam; Vigmo, Sylvi; Samuelsson, Ingrid Pramling – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This paper aims at exploring the roles preschool teachers give technologies in mathematics education and the ways they structure their mathematics learning activities using interactive whiteboard (IWB) as a technological artefact. Data collected from observations of three preschool teachers embedding IWB in a preschool practice in Sweden provided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education
Interactive Whiteboard Professional Development: A Look through the Eyes of Early Childhood Educators
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Evans, Nicole Southerland – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With vastly ever-changing technology, there come greater possibilities in the school classroom. One possibility includes the interactive whiteboard, IWB (Higgins, Beauchamp, & Miller, 2007). However, there is little research on how to effectively promote the use of an IWB in the classroom for anything other than as a mediating tool. One option…
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Educational Technology, Interactive Video, Computer Uses in Education