Teaching in the Digital Age

Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3

Brian Puerling, Carol Copple

By Brian Puerling Foreword by Carol Copple

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About the Book

Technology is rapidly changing the ways we live our lives and interact with the world. It’s also changing how you teach. Technology can enhance your classroom’s complete curriculum and assessment and help you create and capture meaningful experiences, support inquiry, and expand your classroom’s walls. This comprehensive framework will help you select and use a variety of technology and interactive media tools in your classroomincluding digital cameras, audio recorders, webcams, publication and presentation tools, and multi-touch mobile devices.

Reflecting Technology in Early Childhood Programs, the joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Rogers Center, Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3 includes
Developmentally appropriate and effective strategies to use technology to facilitate children’s learning
28 links to video clips that provide a deeper look at how these practices are used in real classrooms
32 forms to help you plan, reflect on, and evaluate how you use technology to help children learn

Brian Puerling, a National Board Certified Teacher and graduate of the Erikson Institute, is the Director of Education Technology at the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. He is a former preschool teacher, a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Tech and Young Children Interest Forum, serves on the Sesame Workshop Teacher Council, is active with the Chicago Metro Association for the Education of Young Children, and is a popular presenter at national conferences.

Author

Brian Puerling: Brian Puerling is the technology coordinator and curriculum specialist at Catherine Cook School in Chicago, IL. He holds a master's degree in early childhood education and is pursuing his master's of education degree in curriculum and instruction. Brian is active in the Chicago Metro Association for the Education of Young Children and is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Technology and Young Children Interest Forum. Brian was the recipient of the PBS Innovative Educator Award and PBS Teacher's Choice Award in 2010. He holds workshops and offers technology consulting.

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