Educational Technology Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

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Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Friday, December 13, 2002
Blackbox in the Sandbox: The Decision to Use Technology with Young Children, Rosemary Skelle and Gretchen Stefankiewicz

Many forces and trends help shape the early childhood curriculum. These are usually accompanied by a variety of conflicting theories of development and learning. Some topics appear to provoke more controversy than others; the use of technology with young children ranks high on the list of provocative topics. There is no doubt that technology is an important aspect of education today, but there has been much debate about developmentally appropriate uses of computerbased materials and techniques with both preschool and primary school children.

 


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