When I started creating my blog, I felt that I cannot do it anymore
because it was hard for me to set it up even though I followed step by step,
but I still got it wrong. This made me realise that technology in nowadays has
developed and I came up with a thought that if I wanted myself to update with
today’s technology, then I have to swim otherwise I will be drown.
However, I had support from my group members; all of the hard work
that I have put into my blog I am grateful that I have supportive feedback from
my group and it challenged my thoughts to do better. If I did not take this
course I won’t realise that every morning and most of my time in a day, I used
technology, for example, when I check my cell-phone. I wouldn’t know that
technology is more than computers and electronic or digital devices and it
shows that I don’t show my appreciation for other types of technology that I
use every day.
BMany early childhood educators believe that children and their families need access to high technology in order to succed in our society because of the rapid expansion of
technology and of its influence in all areas of society(Smorti, 1999). Others, however,
are concerned that too much exposure can cause problems for young children. Early
educators who want the best experiences for young children are faced with
conflicting information.
The
feedback that I had for my first reflection leads me to do more about
technology on my second reflection where I ended up introducing computers to
the children. I really enjoyed
being a part of this experience even though I was just observing which is what
we need to be able to do sometimes, we can’t always be directly involved in
their learning but we can watch the learning happen (Dunkin and Hannah, 2001).
As I have mentioned on my second reflection that I did this for the children’s
sake because I do not want them to miss out the very basic knowledge of technology
like I did.
In
the beginning I caught up a little and shrugged it off a bit and told myself it’s
okay, that I will be fine, blogs are easy” and they are but what I discovered along
the way which I value whole heartedly now is that technology is more than an
ipad, a ps3 or a computer. Looking back on my
reflections and the feedback that I received from my group made me realise that
there are differences and similarities in our view of technology. Even though
we each view technology in our own way but importantly we have a jointed
strength and knowledge to help us move forward.
We have to be able to identify many types of technology and its uses
and to understand how it can benefit children in our centre, where it can only
makes it easier for children to accept the many changes our world is going
through (Arthur, Beecher, Death, Dockett and
Farmer, 2005).
I enjoyed this
assessment and I’m glad that some students had ideas that are similar to mine
and we have learn from each other.
Reference List
Arthur,
L., Beecher, B., Dockett, S., Farmer, S., & Death, E. (2005). Programming and planning in early childhood
settings (3rd ed.). Marrickville, Australia: Harcourt Brace.
Ministry
of Education. (1996). Te Whāriki, he whaariki mätauranga mo nga mokopuna ö
Aotearoa: Early childhood curriculum. Wellington, New Zealand: Learning
Media.
Smorti, S. (1999) Technology in Early
Childhood. Early Education, 19, 5-10.
