what is really happening with technology in early childhood education: voices from the field- survey...
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Presented at EETC 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING
WITH TECHNOLOGY IN
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION?
Voices from the Field:
2012 National Early Childhood Technology Today Survey
Lilla Dale McManis, Ph.D. Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. Fran Simon, M.Ed.
Salt Lake City, UT April 2013
Copyright 2013 by ECTC. All rights reserved.
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• The Early Childhood Technology Collaborative (ECTC) is a group of three early childhood technologists with lots of questions:
• Lilla Dale McManis, Ph.D. from Hatch Early Learning,
• Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. and
• Fran Simon, M.Ed. from Early Childhood Technology Network
EARLY CHILDHOOD TECHNOLOGY
COLLABORATIVE (ECTC)
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• How technology is used in early childhood education classrooms not well understood (Prek-3rd grade)
• Current surveys often about home use of technology with young children or mix passive with interactive technologies
• There is a need to hear directly from educators about how they are using interactive information processing technologies with children in the classroom
RATIONALE FOR STUDY
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• Many current surveys focus on home use– Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America
– Digital Childhood: Electronic Media and Technology Use Among Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
• Just a handful included or focused on early childhood– Digitally Inclined
– Deepening Connections
– Tech in the Lives of Teachers
• Those with ECE educators asked questions about passive & interactive technologies simultaneously
• Additionally, questions very global-rarely moving beyond “do you have”
SURVEYS TO DATE
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• Online Survey series
– Survey I: Teachers & Administrators
– Survey II: Teachers
• Spring/summer 2012
• Open to anyone in the world
• Active = “Information Processing” Technologies such as Desk/laptops, IWBs, Tablets, Smartphones, Other Handhelds versus
• Passive = “Simple” Technologies such as Televisions, CD Players, Digital Cameras
METHODOLOGY
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• These results are based on the 485 U.S. respondents
• There were 116 Administrator respondents
• There were 369 Teacher respondents
• The demographics are comparable from Survey I and Survey II were similar and are combined
WHO RESPONDED?
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The main demographics are:
• Serve Pre-K (2-5 year olds) and/or School Age (K-3rd grade)
• Public School, Head Start, Childcare, Private School
• Urban, Rural, Suburban
• Serve more children of poverty (50% or more), Serve fewer children of poverty (less than 50%)
• New educator (less than 5 yrs), Experienced educator (more than 5 years)
• Degreed (4 yr or higher), Non-degreed
DEMOGRAPHICS OF RESPONDENTS
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ABOUT THE RESPONDENTS
Community Type Poverty Children Served
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ABOUT THE RESPONDENTS
Program Type Ages Children Served
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ABOUT THE RESPONDENTS
Degreed (4 yr & up) Years Experience
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Our first area of interest was around the reasons that early childhood educators use technology with the children in their program classrooms…..
WHY ECE EDUCATORS USE TECHNOLOGY?
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MAIN REASONS FOR USING
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MOST IMPORTANT USES
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Our next area of interest was in knowing which of the active technologies are being used in the classrooms with early learners….
WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS USED?
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TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY IN USE
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WHAT EDUCATORS DON’T HAVE
BUT WOULD LIKE FOR CHILDREN
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Next we explored how much time active technologies are used in the classroom with the children….
HOW MUCH TIME IS TECH USED?
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HOW MANY DAYS OF THE WEEK
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DESK/LAPTOPS
Feel Appropriate Actually Spend
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IWBS
Feel Appropriate Actually Spend
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TABLETS
Feel Appropriate Actually Spend
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• Used regularly but not excessively
• Used because children enjoy it & it helps meet goals of program
• More a support than for direct instruction
• What’s used follows availability
• Differences between beliefs and practices for amount of time with tech
TRENDS
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We turned our attention next to the types of learning activities in which the children engage…
WHAT IS THE FOCUS OF ACTIVITIES?
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HOW OFTEN TECH IS USED
Language/Literacy Mathematics
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HOW OFTEN TECH IS USED
Science Social Studies
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HOW OFTEN TECH IS USED
Logic/Problem Solving Approaches to Learning
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HOW OFTEN TECH IS USED
Art Music
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HOW OFTEN TECH IS USED
Social-Emotional
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OBSTACLES/WEAKNESS OF CONTENT
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We wanted to know more about the setting in which the use of technology by the children takes place….
WHAT IS THE SETTING LIKE?
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WHO IS GUIDING ACTIVITIES
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WHO IS GUIDING DEVICES
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WHO IS GUIDING DEVICES
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WHO IS GUIDING DEVICES
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• Used more for traditional content areas
• Rarely used to support social-emotional goals
• Educators “drive” some kinds of tech more than others
• But give children lots of opportunities to “drive” too
• They do ensure balance between teacher-guided and child-initiated for learning activities themselves
TRENDS
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We queried about how technology is used to determine the extent children are meeting the learning goals of their program….
HOW ARE GOALS MONITORED?
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DETERMINING LEARNING
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We wondered about technology being used with children who need extra support such as Dual/English Language Learners (DLL/ELL) and children with special needs….
FOR CHILDREN
NEEDING EXTRA SUPPORT?
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DLL/ELL LEARNERS
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TECH WITH DLL/ELL LEARNERS
Chosen specifically to meet needs of ELL children
In every language spoken in your group now
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SPECIAL NEEDS LEARNERS
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SPECIAL NEEDS LEARNERS
Devices used with special needs children
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We were interested in the professional development experiences of educators on using technology with early learners….
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
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TYPES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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COMFORT LEVEL USING W/ CHILDREN
1 = NOT AT ALL, 5 = COMPLETELY
Desk/laptops IWBs
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COMFORT LEVEL USING W/ CHILDREN
1 = NOT AT ALL, 5 = COMPLETELY
Tablets Multi-touch Tables
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• Technology is being used to monitor progress
• Seems available but low implementation for DLL/ELL children and special needs children
• Many different kinds of PD available and most have received
• More comfortable with more established tech
TRENDS
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We’re going to close with findings that to us sums it all up….
WHAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE?
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BEST SUPPORT FOR USING TECH
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Suggested readings• Simon, F. & Nemeth, K. (2012). “Digital Decisions: Choosing the Right
Technology Tools for Early Childhood Education.” Lewisville, NC: GryphonHousehttp://www.gryphonhouse.com/store/trans/productDetailForm.asp?BookID=10023
• McManis, L.D. & Gunnewig, S. (2012). “Finding the education in educational technology with early learners.” Young Children, 67(3), 14-25. http://www.naeyc.org/yc/files/yc/file/201205/McManis_YC0512.pdf
Acknowledgement• The Early Childhood Technology Collaborative would like to thank Perry
McManis, M.A. Economics, for statistical analyses of the survey data.
Q & A
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• LinkedIn: Early Childhood Technology Network
• Twitter: #ecetechchat Every Other Weds. @ 9pm ET
• http://www.ecetech.net/
• NAEYC Technology & Young Children Interest Forum
• ISTE SIG ELT
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