Ict in in the Early Years
ICT in Early Years
This report will include two educational ICT activities; the first activity will be based on a group of children. Then a second ICT activity will be based on an individual child. The ICT activities will be aimed at children in their early years, with the intention of developing the wider area of the Early Years Foundation curriculum. The report will evaluate and assess teaching and learning when using ICT. Including the health and safety issues relating to ICT and data protection. Critical evaluation of the value of ICT in the early years will also be included in this report.
Activity One
Aims: The aim of this activity is to explore shapes and colours, using a simple paint program on the computer and drawing a picture of a clown. Then after this is completed, the shapes and colours will be discussed by the children. The areas of learning will include Communication, language and literacy, Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy and Creative Development.
Objectives: The purpose of this activity is for the children to explore and experiment using tools on the computer that include paint brushes, shapes and then flood filling their designs. The children will also be encouraged by an adult to think about making patterns, along with supporting the children to click and drag the shapes to make them large or small. Children will also be encouraged to select different tools to fill the shapes and patterns that they have decided to include.
Health & Safety: The computers in the classroom were adjusted to the correct height for each child by lowering or raising the child’s individual seat. It is important for a child not to sit for long periods at a computer as physical problems can occur. The children were given approximately thirty minutes to carry out this activity. According to Charlesworth (2011) there has been some difference of opinions regarding how much time a child should spend on a computer. However a thirty minutes block appears to be the
This report will include two educational ICT activities; the first activity will be based on a group of children. Then a second ICT activity will be based on an individual child. The ICT activities will be aimed at children in their early years, with the intention of developing the wider area of the Early Years Foundation curriculum. The report will evaluate and assess teaching and learning when using ICT. Including the health and safety issues relating to ICT and data protection. Critical evaluation of the value of ICT in the early years will also be included in this report.
Activity One
Aims: The aim of this activity is to explore shapes and colours, using a simple paint program on the computer and drawing a picture of a clown. Then after this is completed, the shapes and colours will be discussed by the children. The areas of learning will include Communication, language and literacy, Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy and Creative Development.
Objectives: The purpose of this activity is for the children to explore and experiment using tools on the computer that include paint brushes, shapes and then flood filling their designs. The children will also be encouraged by an adult to think about making patterns, along with supporting the children to click and drag the shapes to make them large or small. Children will also be encouraged to select different tools to fill the shapes and patterns that they have decided to include.
Health & Safety: The computers in the classroom were adjusted to the correct height for each child by lowering or raising the child’s individual seat. It is important for a child not to sit for long periods at a computer as physical problems can occur. The children were given approximately thirty minutes to carry out this activity. According to Charlesworth (2011) there has been some difference of opinions regarding how much time a child should spend on a computer. However a thirty minutes block appears to be the
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