Resources

Presented by: Bonnie Blagojevic- bonnieblagojevic@me.com, Audrey O'Clair audrey.oclair@gmail.comand Karen Thomes kfthomes@gmail.com -a workshop sponsored by MaineAEYC, September 28, 2013 ||  ||
 * ~ = **Using Technology with Young Children: Stories from the Field**=
 * ==Standards/Position Statements:==
 * [|Maine Learning Results Updated to Reflect the Common Core State Standards in Maine]
 * [|International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards]
 * [|Maine Early Childhood Learning Guidelines]
 * [|Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8, >]a joint position statement of the [|National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)] and [|Fred Rogers Center.]

Articles:

 * [|Helping Young Children Develop a Healthy Media Diet, Fred Roger's Center Blog]
 * [|NAEYC Teaching Young Children article Touch and Grow: Learning and Exploring Using Tablets]and accompanying Message in a Backpack for families Explore and Learn with Tablets.
 * NAEYC Young Children Young Children article [|Meaningful Technology Integration in Early Learning Environments]
 * [|Worlds Apart: One City, Two Libraries and Ten Years of Watching Inequality Grow]
 * [|Young Children and Computers: Storytelling and Learning in a Digital Age]

Books:

 * [|Picture Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children] by Carla Neumann-Hinds
 * [|Spotlight on Young Children and Technology (NAEYC)]
 * [|Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3] by Brian Puerling

Additional Resources:

 * Comienza en Casa, It Starts at Home [|All About Words: Increasing Vocabulary in the Common Core Classroom PreK-2]has impacted our curriculum design/app selection choices in Comienza en Casa.
 * [|Child Development Learning Center Best Practices (Pacific University) Technology]
 * Digital Storytelling for Young Learners 2013, a free Electronic Village Online (EVO) -check out their Sandbox of Tech Tools
 * [|Early Childhood Robotics Network]
 * Evaulation Rubric for iPad Applications from iPads for Education, Early Childhood iPad Initiative including brief descriptions of the [|SAMR] and TPACK models
 * Free Technology for Teachers
 * [|iPads and Early Childhood Education] (classroom use examples)
 * [|Results Matter Video Library - iPads in Early Childhood]

Organizations:

 * [|ACTEM (Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine)]
 * [|ISTE] (International Society for Technology in Education)
 * NAEYC Technology and Young Children Interest Forum ECETECH-Diigo group
 * [|TEC Center]Technology in Early Childhood

Links mentioned/related to workshop discussions:

 * [|Deep Space Sparkle-]art site Karen mentioned
 * [|Early Childhood Investigations webinars] (there are many webinars available online, on a variety of topics and many make archived versions available for viewing later on.)
 * EDT 400 (ECE section) at the [|University of Maine] has been offered online in the fall as an undergraduate course, but can also be taken for graduate credit. (contact Bonnie for updates, if you are interested in learning about when it will be offered next.)
 * [|Edutopia Grant Resources: Information to Get You Started]
 * [|In Plain English videos from Commoncraft]
 * [|SmartAppsforKids]one of several services that sends alerts when apps are discounted/free for a day ||  ||