Digital Decisions: Choosing the Right Technology Tools for Early Childhood Education

by Fran Simon, Karen N. Nemeth, Chip Donohue (Foreword)

Feel confident and competent when it comes to choosing and implementing the most appropriate technology tools for your early childhood classroom! Whether you are a technology enthusiast looking for new ideas and guidance about developmentally appropriate practices, or you are new to the idea of using technology with young children, this book is for you. Digital Decisions provides everything you need to make your own technology plan based on your experiences and beliefs, the needs of the children, the context of your curriculum and the resources available to you. This no-nonsense, jargon-free guide will help you evaluate the tools and opportunities technology has to offer and integrate them into your early childhood classroom so you can offer real-life, hands-on, interactive activities to children. A reference every childhood program will want to have, Digital Decisions is brimming with charts, resources, and an array of activities that maximize technology as an interactive learning tool. Each chapter provides supporting guidance to make technology most effective for those working with children who are dual language learners or may have special needs.

Genres: Education

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2012

Reviews

[David Bril · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this as part of a book study thorough work. I loved how it went in depth with many different ways in which we can embrace technology in the classroom. We are heading to a more digital world, whether you like it or not, so having a book like this to help guide us, is pretty great

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good tips on integrating technology into the early childhood environment in developmentally appropriate ways. Focuses primarily on pre-school (3-5) aged children. Though, unsurprisingly, it really boils down to being involved with the children while they are playing (with ot without technology) to get the best results, rather than letting them just goof around with no guidance to give context, assistance, question, etc.

[Jillian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Though this book contains some good info about technology and the early childhood classroom, I also found it lacking. Yes, it is a resource book for ideas but many of the ideas are rather vague. I would say it is marginally helpful.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Technology and early childhood...what you need to know and how to use it. Best used by the Teacher

[Bill]

A very vague overview of the types of technology used in schools and the debate behind it. Could maybe be useful for someone who knows very little about different tech based teaching practices.