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Embracing Technological Advances
September 12, 2016
Harmony emerges from integration. Chaos and rigidity arise when integration is blocked.
-Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, The Whole-Brain Child

"Basic technologies, such as rulers and scales, have been used in classrooms for many years. As technology across the globe quickly evolves and advances, people discover new and more efficient ways to manage calendars, communicate with others, and create content. In classrooms, teachers are using technology to do just the same." (Chip Donohue, editor, Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years: Tools for Teaching and Learning.)

One chapter in this book, written by Brian Puerling and Angela Fowler, suggests that teachers should, "See technology as another support system. Technologies can support better communication with parents as well as more appropriate assessment. So though it may be difficult to embrace at first, you might just find it very supportive of your developmentally appropriate practice with young children and 21st-century skills."

"As technology learners of the 21st-century, teachers must constantly be willing to embrace what is ‘our’ emerging technology and decide what technologies we are comfortable with, while always pushing ourselves to learn more. This is how we will discover best practices for teachers and teaching with technology."





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