ICT Advantages and Limitations for Early Childhood Learning
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This document discusses Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in early childhood education. ICT includes digital technology, the internet, and social media used for teaching and learning. The document outlines advantages like improving fine motor skills and allowing interactive learning. However, limitations are also discussed, such as overuse potentially hampering development and causing health issues. Finding a balance is important to enhance learning with technology without replacing other activities. Parents and teachers should help ensure ICT is used properly.
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ICT Advantages and Limitations for Early Childhood Learning
- 1. ICT
- 2. What is ICT? Information Communication Technology Teaching and learning with digital technology Can also include the Internet and Social Media
- 3. Advantages Allows children to improve their fine motor skills when they type Children are able to hone pressure sensitivity of fingertips when using tablets and iPads When tuned to videos, children able to see and understand better (dancing, games) Limitations X Hamper the development of fine motor skills X Health complications such as repetitive motion injury, eye strains and myopia, poor posture, carpal tunnel
- 4. Advantages Limitations Creative and critical thinking – develop abstract thinking Interactive and illustrates concepts which helps develop abstract thinking Resource is reusable and can be easily shared Addresses the different learning styles X Limits creativity and imagination X Can be too structured and close-ended X Does not provide concrete, sensorial and tactile elements for children to experience and learn from
- 5. Advantages Limitations Can be used as a medium for shy and socially awkward children to reach out to others – assist in expressing their thoughts and feelings Boost the child’s confidence X Become emotionally attached and/or dependent – might lead to behavioural challenges X Hampers the ability to verbalize and express self (due to dependence) X Miscommunication, misunderstanding and misinterpretation
- 6. Advantages Limitations Provide opportunities for global interaction – learning about other countries and cultures Teach children how to share and to take turns Provides medium to interact and communicate with one another when they cannot be physically present X Might limit actual physical social interaction which might lead to behavioural problems X Desensitized or overwhelmed by too much information and stimulation – lack of empathy and inability to focus X Addiction
- 7. Other variables impacting ICT use Logistics Not enough iPads or computers for children to use Space constraints Space limited in centres to accommodate enough computers for children to use Training Lack of training of staff in using digital technology
- 8. Balancing the use of ICT Staying safe online Making use of Internet filters and blockers Usage Limit children’s use of digital technology to not more than 3.5 hours a day Home Reinforcement Parents help to reinforce proper use of digital technology at home by modeling good and appropriate use of IT at home
- 9. Overview o ICT can be a double-edged sword. Technology doesn't change the world. WE use technology to change. o Positive uses can reinforce attainment of desirable skills and traits. o Find balance with the help of parents and teachers to ensure that ICT is not misused. o Technology meant to enhance and not completely replace it.
- 10. References Laffey, J. (2003). Appropriation, mastery and resistance to technology in early childhood preservice teacher education. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. Harris, J. (2001). The effects of computer games on young children – a review of the research. RDS occasional paper no. 72. London: The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Stephen, C., & Plowman, L. (2003). ICT in pre-school settings: Benign addition or playroom evolution? Early Childhood Folio.
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- Technology is an integral part of our live. It has made it easier for us to accomplish some things. Technology aids the physical, intelligence, emotional and social development in young children. They are exposed to it a lot at an early age, not just in the classroom but at home too.
- ICT affects the child’s development in the four domains – physical, intellectual, emotional and social. Physically, although children may not engage in direct gross motor skills activities often through ICT, their fine motor skills are being developed. Understand how much pressure to use with tablets, cannot use too much or too little force because it might damage the device or that the device will not register what it is required to do. Electronic devices do not require users to be mobile and active, and thus this inactivity may lead to several harmful physical side effects.
- ICT provides some elements which may not be easily achieved through traditional teaching. It helps children to think critically and creatively. Children are able to better understand the transformation of processes in a shorter period of time as well as be able to understand concepts as they are animated. Resources can be shared amongst many and used multiple times. However, as much as it helps critical and creative thinking, it can also limit it. Applications and software can be too structured and close-ended because it does not provide concrete, sensorial, tactile elements for the children to explore and learn from.
- ICT can be used as a medium for children who are shy. Gadgets such as iPad and computers can assist in expressing their thoughts and feelings so that children can reach out to others. Softwares such as Skype and FaceTime allow them to interact with people. Using ICT enables children to familiarise themselves with technology. It boosts the child’s confidence in IT as they will feel a sense of achievement when they manage to navigate through websites and software programmes independently, or with minimal guidance. The lack of control in the use of ICT can cause children to become emotionally attached or dependent. This attachment may lead to behavioural challenges. Due to this dependence towards such gadgets, it hampers the child’s ability to verbalise and express. With the rise of behavioural problems and the lack of social skills, the child may be easily misunderstood and misinterpreted.
- In the classroom you may be familiar with teachers using the desktop computers as well as iPads as elements in enhancing the teaching and learning process for the children. One of the most common ways we see the social implications of using ICT in class is when we get children to share the iPads or even desktop computers. As these devices are limited in number, we teach and guide children on how to share, take turns and respect one another when using the device. We will briefly cover the issue of other limiting variables of using ICT in the classroom in the next slide. On a more general scale, ICT allows and provides for opportunities for children to better understand the world around and beyond them. They understand cultures and customs within their country through internet research or even watching footage of events on video sharing sites. ICT also provides children with the means to interact and communicate with one another when they cannot be physically present. For example, during a long holiday or if a child is ill for a long time, he or she is still able to keep in touch with their friends through ICT. However, there is a difference between physically socially interacting and doing it across a web camera or even a phone. The human effect and element is lost, plus, children can’t play with each other on the camera. Additionally, the easy access and availability of information can sometimes lead to a lack of empathy and focus as children can be overwhelmed and desensitized by so much information and stimuli that surrounds and bombards them. And of course, children can get addicted to ICT – through games, social networking sites or even chat applications – and that brings about another host of uncomfortable negative social implications.
- Including ICT in the curriculum may be a detriment towards the logistics aspect of the school or the classroom, because there may not be enough computers or iPads in the classroom for all children to use. The issue of lack of training for staff in using digital technology may arise. Incorrect use of equipment can cause incorrect teaching to the children. This demonstrates a risk for potential damage because if there is damage, it will incur costs for the equipment to function again. There is limited space in centres to accommodate enough computers for all children to use, contributing to a space constraint factor that impacts to ICT use. It is crucial to allow space for children to move around and explore, hence space the space element for computers is restricted.
- Advantages and limitations of technology. Some suggestions in which we can try to strike the right balance of using technology in our lives. Digital technology or the internet in particular allows children almost unrestricted access to a wide variety of information. Make use of filters and settings to ensure that children are prevented form gaining access to specific material. Children should also not be using digital technology for more than 3.5 hours a day. Strain the eyes and posture, stops them from engaging in beneficial physical activities or even social interaction. Parents too need to help reinforce good behaviour and use of digital technology at home. So that children will be familiar with the limits of its use in school as well.
- ICT can be both good and bad, depending on how it is being used and employed in the class. Try our best to focus on the positive elements – can help children attain desirable skills and traits in math mastery, verbal language and even cooperation skills. In order to prevent the misuse of ICT, parents and teachers work together to reinforce good behaviour and appropriate use of ICT. Need to remember that even with the advancement of technology, there are still limitations to how much it can provide and add to a child’s learning. Traditional means of teaching are still important because of the concrete elements that they provide the child with.