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TAILORED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
EMBEDDING TECHNOLOGY IN THE EVERYDAY CURRICULUM
(2 HOURS)
In this course participants will consider why and how technology can play a
part in early learning. Whilst play is still the most important vehicle to support
children’s learning, in an increasingly digital world, how adults choose and use
technology with young children is an important element in early childhood
education. This session will consider how higher order thinking and playful
engagement can be fostered through the use of technology. Through completing
this course participants will:
Identify and work through a problem that technology can solve in an
ECE setting
Classify educational apps as instructive, manipulative and/or creative
Demonstrate the ability to use basic technology tools and settings
This course is hands on and participants are encouraged to BYO device for use
during the course. Some devices will be available for use, but numbers will be
limited.
Completing Embedding Technology in the Everyday Curriculum will address
Australian Teaching Standards 2.6.2
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