Technology in the Early YearsRebecca Davies

http://www.rebecca-davies.net/pmsa/

How confident are you?

Why use it at all?

Substitution

Augmentation

Modification

Redefinition

Keeping them safe• Classroom management

software

• Controlled searching

• Developmentally appropriate discussions• Would you share your address with

a stranger?

• Have a plan

Choosing screen time• Why am I choosing to use

the technology?

• What additional skills are the children learning?

• Have the children had a balance of on and off screen activities to learn this skill?

Creators. Not consumers.

Story Dice - app

30 Hands – websitehttps://30handsweb.com

Book Creator – apphttps://vimeo.com/28808238

StoryBird– website

Lego Movie Maker – app

ChatterPix – apphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tBS9NyFV08

EasyBlog - apphttps://easyblog.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlWJGB6uNg8

Aurasma - apphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBKy-hSedg8

Seesaw – app/website

http://web.seesaw.me/

Coding

Daisy the Dinosaur– app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoVDeSDC3L8

Kodable – app

Honourable Mentions• ToonTastic

• Sock Puppets EDU

• Tellagami

• Puppet Pals

• Scratch Jr

Twitter

Classroom Challenges

• Create a class book using Book Creator

• Create a stop motion movie to demonstrate a concept

• Use Plickers to get instant feedback

• Begin using student portfolios using SeeSaw or EasyBlog

• Use tech creatively in a reading rotation (Toontastic, Book Creator etc)

ResourcesApple Teacher

SafeShare.TV

Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything