Using ICT in the Early Years

by John Siraj-Blatchford and Alex Morgan

In an increasingly technological world with growing curriculum demands for children to become technologically literate, many early years teachers feel lost at how to approach this topic.

This book, written by the foremost experts in the UK in Early Years ICT, is a step-by-step guide on how to teach young children a variety of ICT. Importantly, this book also answers what many teachers feel is a weakness of ICT by offering suggestions for using technology to develop children’s creative thinking and provide opportunities for outdoor play.

Many different types of ICT are explained through activities that even the most technophobic of practitioners can carry out — from work with simulation games, through to programmable toys and Interactive White Boards.

Contents

• Introduction
• Role play
• Developing ICT capability in the early years
• Adventure and simulation games
• Imaging movies and graphics
• Programmable toys
• IWBs and touchscreens