Teaching with Technology

This book will be promoted via various NAEYC marketing efforts, including social media pages promotions (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest with a reach of over 200K followers); promotional emails; advertisements in Young Children, Teaching Young Children, and Exchange magazines; and NAEYC’s seasonal resource catalogs. Select authors of the publication will also present a webinar on a topic covered in the book soon after its publication. Finally, the publication will be advertised and sold at various early childhood conferences and trade shows (NAEYC’s Annual Conferences, NAEYC’s Professional Learning Institutes, Zero to Three, etc.).

Helping Children Create, Collaborate, and Communicate—with Technology 

Children are growing up with technologies as part of their daily lives at home and in school. For educators, it is important to understand how to use technologies to promote learning in developmentally appropriate ways. This book helps you make thoughtful, informed decisions that will enhance what you are already doing to support children’s learning. Learn how to 

• Use technologies in ways that build on, not detract from, the learning children gain through play 
• Introduce technologies using a gradual release of responsibility model 
• Foster children’s storytelling, reflection, early coding skills, and more 
• Use technologies to enrich your partnerships with families and invite them into the classroom community 
• Work with colleagues to develop a digital culture that supports the program’s goals 

With the guidance in this book, you’ll be able to evaluate technologies and understand how to put them to their best uses in your program.