Early Childhood Laboratory School

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Early Childhood Laboratory School
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History of Lab School

• UMass Land Grant Institution
• The Lab School Train women in domestic tasks
• School of Constructive Play 1970s

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Dotty Meyer Joins ECLS Staff

• Preschool Teacher and Faculty Facilitator of
  Student Teachers
• Infant/Toddler and Preschool Program
• Technology in 1988 observation booths

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Reggio Approach

• 1991 Newsweek proclaims best, most Innovative
  Preschools in the world are in Reggio Emelia,
  Italy
• 1992 - Dotty Meyer becomes Director of ECLS
• 1992 Teacher, from Reggio Emelia, is hired to
  teach at ECLS

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Change Efforts Initiated

• Reggio Influence
• New Standards mandated at State Level
• Purchased two 35 mm cameras, wanted to buy video
  camera

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Atelierista Joins ECLS Staff

• Jane Broderick Independent Study Atelierista -
  1999
• T.A. Documentarian
• Start using video cameras and video printer
• Purchased IMac

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Entering Cyberspace

• Spring 2000 ECLS is given permission to open a
  web site
• http//www.umass.edu/preschool

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New Technology Introduced

• IMac with IMovie
• Digital Video Cameras
• Digital Editing
• Videographer

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Teachers Posting on the Web

• Student teachers create documentation panels and
  post them on the ECLS website

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Parents/Teachers Respond to New Technology

• Survey of parents
• Survey of student teachers
• Responses to video cameras, documentation panels
  and web site