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Preschoolers and Computers

This study explores the effects of computer usage on preschool children aged 2 to 5 years. It examines how educators, parents, and adult mentors can facilitate learning through technology in pre-schools and homes. Daily interactions with computers, particularly during activity time, allow young learners to develop new skills through drills, tutorials, and simulations. The research also addresses concerns regarding attention span, the impact on social skills, and the balance of screen time. Ultimately, it highlights the potential of technology in preschool education.

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Preschoolers and Computers

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  1. Preschoolers and Computers Kacy Jacobs Educ3412 A4 March 9, 2005 HomeOverviewWhat WhoWhenHowWOW!Follow-up More Follow-upAnswersFYIPros&ConsReferences

  2. Overview • Effects of Computers on Pre-school Aged Children • Explaining some of the aspects of computers used in the pre-school classroom

  3. Who is Involved? • Children ages 2 through 5 • Educators • Parents • Adult Mentors

  4. What is involved? • Computers • New skills for learning

  5. Where? • Preschools • Head Starts • Early Elementary • In the home

  6. When? • In today’s technology-filled world • On a daily basis, with the choice of students to pick their activities during “Activity Time”

  7. How Do Children Learn With Computers? • Drills and Practice: reinforce already-learned material • Tutorial Exercises: learn new material • Simulation Programs: problem solving • Word Processing: associating words and pictures

  8. WOW! • Kids as young as two years old know a computer as well as their toy box! • Autistic children as young as two years of age can maneuver computers better than I can!

  9. Follow-up Questions • How do children pay attention to computers long enough to learn anything? • How do preschoolers use a keyboard not knowing what all the symbols mean?

  10. More Follow-up Questions • How long have computers been available to preschoolers? • Can young children spend too much time on computers? How much is too much? • Do preschoolers lose valuable social skills by spending time alone on the computer?

  11. Answers to Follow-up Questions • Computers began being available to young children approximately 15 years ago! • Although children have short attention spans, they get immediate results with computers which acts as a reward to them.

  12. For Your Information • Technology as one can see, helps children develop skills they would otherwise not learn until later in life • Based on the success of computers in young children’s classrooms, computer use will eventually spread to all pre-school age classrooms, given sufficient funding

  13. PROS Information came from university sources Variety of reputable sources Information was factual and unbiased CONS Information came from books, not from internet sources (this is about computer use) Source had outdated resources Pros and Cons of Sources

  14. REFERENCES • www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent/380/webproj/cms.html • http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/images/computer.gif • http://www.kcls.org/foundation/imagesbrochure/computers.jpg

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