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Parette, Howard P.; Hourcade, Jack J.; Blum, Craig; Watts, Emily H.; Stoner, Julia B.; Wojcik, Brian W.; Chrismore, Shannon B. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
This article presents a preliminary examination of the potential of Technology User Groups as a professional development venue for early childhood education professionals in developing operational and functional competence in using hardware and software components of a Technology toolkit. Technology user groups are composed of varying numbers of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Children, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
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Plowman, L.; Stephen, C. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
The aim of this study was to explore how guided interaction could create opportunities for learning with information and communication technologies (ICT) for children aged three and four. The study was grounded in the naturalistic environment of the playroom, in a context of free play and child-initiated activity, and focused on interventions…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Information Technology
Cohen, Rochelle F.; Blackwell, Jacqueline – 1988
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a computer literacy program for 4-year-old Head Start students and their teachers that was developed through the efforts of the Indianapolis Head Start program, the Children's Museum, and the Indiana University School of Education. The report covers: (1) the objectives of the program; (2) a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Inservice Teacher Education
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Mitchell, Denise R.; Dunbar, Carol A. – Child Care in Practice, 2006
This paper analyses the role of computers within the nursery sector and what are viewed as the potential benefits and concerns of introducing young children to computers. It also examines how the computer is introduced and presented to young children and the form it takes. Data collection comprises a number of methods: questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Nursery Schools, Preschool Children, Educational Technology, Emergent Literacy