Recent ECEtech Pins
Don’t miss this Tweet-up! #ECETechChat joins #StoryAppChat!
March 6, 2013
by karen
Filed under apps, Blog, classroom use, Early Childhood Technology, ipad
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Breaking news!! #ECETechChat meets #StoryAppChat Sunday March 10, 9:00 pm EST – “Meet the Educators” Reported by Karen Nemeth Most Wednesdays, tweeters on #ECETechChat say, “I wish we could tell ebook writers and app developers what we want and need in early childhood education!” We wish we could tell them about the NAEYC/Fred Rogers Center position statement: Technology and Interactive [...]
Ever Wondered How to Make an App?
December 17, 2012
by karen
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By Karen Nemeth and Marc Björkman Have you ever said “I should make an app for that”? We did it! We put our idea into action and… it wasn’t as easy as you might imagine. Language Castle LLC just released our first app for iPhone and iPad. It is called 20 Welcome Words, a bilingual app designed to give [...]
Response to Lisa Guernsey’s A Role for Early Ed Tech: Strengthening Connections Among Teachers, Librarians and Coaches
December 4, 2012
by karen
Filed under Early Childhood Technology, professional learning network, Uncategorized
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Response to Lisa Guernsey’s A Role for Early Ed Tech: Strengthening Connections among Teachers, Librarians and Coaches By Cen Campbell “In a presentation for a meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers in Indianapolis, I talked to early childhood specialists in state education agencies about some untapped areas for enhancing training and forming partnerships among educators, including librarians, via [...]
Voki for Technology in the Classroom
September 30, 2012
by karen
Filed under computers, DLL, Early Childhood Technology, professional learning network
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By: Eva Diep, Voki Community Manager The emergence of new technologies pushes teachers to understand how to integrate these technologies into their everyday classes and lessons. Children are actively communicating with each other and with their teachers through these new technologies. Voki avatars have become extremely popular among teachers and students. Educators have been using Voki for a variety of different [...]
Using Technology AND Play to Ease the Back to School Crush
August 24, 2012
by karen
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by Karen Nemeth On August 28 the weekly twitter chat, #ecetechchat, will focus on strategies for using technology to help children and their grown-ups ease back into school. I think technology can be especially helpful when a teacher is gearing up for a group of children who are linguistically and culturally diverse. I put some ideas about how to handle [...]