ICT in the Early Years:

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ICT in the Early Years A good deal more than
computers
John Siraj-Blatchford Iram Siraj-Blatchford
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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging communication and collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT
• The child should be in control
• Applications should be transparent and intuitive
• Applications should not contain violence or
  stereotyping
• Awareness of health and safety issues
• Educational involvement of parents

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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational

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What are the curriculum objectives for a
Knowledge Society?

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Problem solving and learning to
  learn

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When the desk top computer disappears will we
be concerned that children continue to learn
keyboard skills?
What about Mouse Skills?
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Do children need to learn keyboard (or mouse)
skills?
desk top computers are old technology anyway!
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How many computers have you used today? Do you
have a computer with you?
As Greeno (1991) has suggested, to be literate in
a particular conceptual domain is to posses in
that field a structure of facts, concepts,
principles, procedures, and phenomenon that
provides resources for the cognitive activities
of knowing, understanding and reasoning.
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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging communication and collaboration

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ICT education includes all those new
technologies that handle information and support
communications.
e.g. cassette recorders, traffic lights,
telephone, video, bar code scanners and
programmable toys.
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Sustained shared thinking
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Sustained shared thinking
Gamesley Early Excellence Centre
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Closed-circuit TV
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Closed-circuit TV
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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT

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Ergonomics the other big reason for pedagogic
integration - Diane
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Integration in socio-dramatic play
Video
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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT
• The child should be in control

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Simulations and Adventure games
BabyZ
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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT
• The child should be in control
• Applications should be transparent and intuitive

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A transparent and intuitive application
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2Simple Software
2Simple Software
A transparent and intuitive application
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Sony Mavica
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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT
• The child should be in control
• Applications should be transparent and intuitive
• Applications should not contain violence or
  stereotyping

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Hooked on games ...girls dislike many features
typically found in computer games, the strong
emphasis on repetitive action, speed and scoring
points.
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"pink software?" ...may initially draw girls in
- but if we want girls to become truly engaged
and empowered by technology dont we need more
challenging applications that arouse their
intellectual curiosity?.
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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT
• The child should be in control
• Applications should be transparent and intuitive
• Applications should not contain violence or
  stereotyping
• Awareness of health and safety issues

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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT
• The child should be in control
• Applications should be transparent and intuitive
• Applications should not contain violence or
  stereotyping
• Awareness of health and safety issues
• Educational involvement of parents

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• Guidance for Appropriate Technology
• Education in Early Childhood
• Identifying good ICT practice
• Applications should be educational
• Encouraging collaboration
• Integration and play through ICT
• The child should be in control
• Applications should be transparent and intuitive
• Applications should not contain violence or
  stereotyping
• Awareness of health and safety issues
• Educational involvement of parents

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IBM KidSmart Evaluation
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Child Computer use time N261
IBM KidSmart Evaluation

• Median time around 2 hours but 20 of children
  spend 5 or more hours on the computer per week.

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Digital Cameras and Parental engagement
Hartwell Primary School
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Siraj-Blatchford, J. (2003) Supporting
Information and Communications Technology in the
Early Years, Open University Press
Siraj-Blatchford, J. (Ed) (2003) Developing New
Technologies for Young Children , i3 and Trentham
Books Siraj-Blatchford, I. J. (2003) More than
Computers ICT in the Early Years, Early
Education/ British Association for Early
Childhood Education Siraj-Blatchford, I. J.
(2005) A Guide to Developing the ICT Curriculum
for Early Childhood Education , Trentham Books
in collaboration with Early Education (The
British Association for Early Childhood Education)
iram_at_327Matters.org