Making Meaningful Connections with Technology for Young Children OSSPEAC 2010 Presenter: Kathy Jillson, SST 3 Based

on the work of a two year series facilitated by SSTs 3 and 8 and consultants Jennifer Hood, Sarah Jackson, Kathy Jillson, Linda Koren, Susan Korey-Hirko, Tracy Mail, Patti Porto and Greta Powell Personal Technologies: Activity Communicate with families - including daily notes, journaling, upcoming events, Tool Blog public or private: Edublogs- http://edublogs.org/, Class Blogmeister-http://classblogmeister.com/, Blogspotwww.blogger.com Email: Gmail Website: Google sites- http://sites.google.com/ Weebly-http://www.weebly.com/ Video Chat: Oovoo-http://oovoo.com Skype- http://www.skype.com/ Scheduling meetings/events: Meeting Wizard- http://www.meetingwizard.com Doodle-http://www.doodle.com Microsoft Word/Publisher Open Office-http://www.openoffice.org/ Solution Watch-http://www.solutionwatch.com/368/fifty-ways-to-takenotes/ Shutterfly: http://www.shutterfly.com Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/ Picasa: picasa.google.com

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Photo sharing

Scrapbook/photo book Videos of classroom activities

Share a event (pictures or video) and encourage comments Digital portfolio

Snapfish: www.snapfish.com Shutterfly: http://www.shutterfly.com Flip video camera iMovie/Windows Movie Maker VoiceThread voicethread.com VoiceThread http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/K-2 PowerPoint Blog Website Comics.com Digital camera Flip video camera Online Meetings: Go To MeetingWebExWikis: Wikispace-wikispace.com Pbworks- http://pbworks.com/ Example: http://ecetech.wikispaces.com/ Polls/Surveys: Poll Everywhere- http://www.polleverywhere.com/ Survey Monkey Bookmarks: Diigo http://groups.diigo.com/group/ecetech

Document learning, projects, skills Collaborative Tools

Resources: Early Language and Literacy Tool. Available on the ODE website: www.ode.oh.state.us, search on title. How To Guide for Picassa Picture This: Using Photography as a Learning Tool in Early Childhood Classrooms:2009, Byrnes and Wasik, Childhood Education. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3614/is_200907/ai_n32127447/?tag=content;col1 Digital Refugees and Natives by Wesley Fryer http://www.infinitethinkingmachine.org/2006/10/digital-refugees-andbridges.html Wes Fryers website/blog: http://www.speedofcreativity.org/

www.wallwisher.com Trial http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/k12online09 Skype Tutorial: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF8&rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS343US343&q=SKYPE+Tutoria

Technologies for All Children Activity Documenting, Creating Visual/ Supports, Making Meaning Tool Tape recorder Digital recorder Flip Video Digital Camera Portable word processor (Alphasmart, Writer) PowerPoint Writing with Symbols The Tar Heel Reader is a collection of accessible stories that you can use and add to Pinky Dinky Doo site has some nice story building activities Lil' Fingers has simple online stories- some have audio and some don't Jackson Pollock.paint like the artist The Art Zone interactive art to create online Surreal Paintercreate art like Piccaso and Dali Priory Woods School has a number of single switch activities to download Hiyah.net has software that can be downloaded on Windows machines or played online on PC or Mac KizClub has color and black and white props to print for a small selection of common stories. They also have printable for nursery rhymes. There are even books that can be read online and printed out. Dr. Jean has some great printable story and song activities Pics4Learning - copyright friendly images for education Discovery Education Clipart Gallery Wikimedia Commons - database of user submitted images that can be

Writing/typing Interactive stories Typing, beginning writing Stories On-Line

Art Experiences

Switch activities/Downloadable interactive programs Books/Rhymes/Songs with Story Props

Images/Boardmaker

Music and Sounds

Video Sites

freely used Project Participate - You will need Boardmaker to use these files. Baltimore City Public Schools website has communication boards created Boardmaker designed to support interaction and reading of over 700 books. You need to have Boardmaker to use these files. Do2Learn has black and white picture cards that you can print out and use. The Speaking of Speech Materials Page has a large number of communication board and curriculum materials in .pdf format that you can just print out and use. Ilovewavs.com - has children's songs as well as sounds, etc. Find Sounds lets you search the web for specific sounds PodSafe Audio - music that you can use in your creations ZuiTube TotLOL - need to sign up for free account to get in TeacherTube

Resources: CAST (2008). Universal design for learning guidelines version 1.0. Wakefield, MA: Author. Bruckleitner, W., 2009. What Should a Preschooler Know About Technology? |, Scholastic Early Childhood Today Tsantis, L., etal. 2003. Examining Some Common Myths About Computer Use in the Early Years, Beyond the Journal-Young Children on the Web. NAEYC. Wang, etal. 2008. Meaningful Technology Integration in Early Learning Environments. Beyond the Journal-Young Children on the Web. NAEYC. NECTAC is the national early childhood technical assistance center supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. NECTAC serves all 50 states and 10 jurisdictions with an array of services and supports to improve service systems and outcomes for infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children with special needs

and their families. This UDL link provides many other links to online books, tool kits, articles and National Centers related to Universal Design for Learning. CAST is a nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through Universal Design for Learning. Founded in 1984 as the Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST has earned international recognition for its innovative contributions to educational products, classroom practices, and policies. Its staff includes specialists in education research and policy, neuropsychology, clinical/school psychology, technology, engineering, curriculum development, K-12 professional development, and more. Cast YouTube Channel A YouTube Channel that provides videos on UDL.

Boardmaker Tutorials: Special Education Technology British Columbia: SET-BChttp://www.setbc.org/setbc/communication/communication_bmaker_resources.html Mayer-Johnson also offers free webinars on using Boardmaker - http://www.mayer-johnson.com/education/ Mayer-Johnson offers a variety of tutorials on the site-http://www.mayer-johnson.com/tips/default.aspx A

Engineering the Environment. Environmental Arrangement Visual schedule Boardmaker WWS Clipart Picture symbols Boardmaker

WWS Clipart Song choices Boardmaker WWS Clipart Song strips/supports Boardmaker WWS Clipart Story extension activities Boardmaker WWS Clipart Visual cues/directions Boardmaker WWS Clipart Photos Song or story props Boardmaker WWS Clipart Social stories Boardmaker WWS Clipart Photos Individualizing Technology Assistive Technology Expressive communication Receptive communication Computer access Switches and adapted toys Adapted writing Mobility

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