• Computers and Young Children (in PDF)
  Susan Haugland's article discusses benefits of using technology with young children and considerations for developmentally appropriate activities.
• Early Connections: Technology in Early Childhood Education
  The Northwest Educational Technology Consortium provides resources and information for educators and care providers on technology and early learning.
• ISTE NETS - Technology Foundation Standards for Students
  This site by the International Society for Technology Education provides national educational technology standards for Pre K-2.
• Technology and Young Children--Ages 3 through 8 (in PDF) or Technology and Young Children--Ages 3 through 8 (in HTML) NAEYC's Position Statement on Technology, adopted in April 1996, addresses factors to consider for evaluating and using technology in the early childhood classroom.
• Technology in Early Childhood Education: Finding the balance
  This booklet developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory provides information on technology use in early childhood curriculum including effects on different areas of development, such as social and emotional, language, motor, and cognition.
• Using Technology as a Teaching and Learning Tool
  NAEYC's Beyond the Journal site contains a variety of articles related to technology, one of which is a bibliography of books and articles on developmentally appropriate technology use in early childhood.

• Computer Ergonomics for Elementary School Students
  This website developed by Cergos and supported by Oregon OSHA provides tips and strategies for designing an appropriate computer environment, taking into consideration equipment placement and child positioning.
  
• EC-TIIS: Introduction to Computer Environment - Sample Workshop
  This online workshop developed by the Early Childhood Technology Integrated Instructional System at the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood, Western Illinois University, contains physical environment considerations and equipment requirements for a preschool computer center. Users can register for other free workshops at the website.
• ITLC Online- Technology Environment
  Workshop developed by the Interactive Technology Literacy Curriculum Online Project contains information, strategies, and an environment checklist to guide educators in designing and managing a computer center in the preschool classroom.
• Preparing the Preschool Computer Environment
  This article on the National Center for Innovative Practice website provides ideas for introducing the computer center and using off-computer materials to support software content.
  

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• Children's Software Workshop
  Interactive Technology Literacy Curriculum Online workshop focuses on children's software and contains information on software evaluation, levels of interactivity, and examples of literacy software and modifications.
• Children's Technology Review's Software Evaluation Instrument
  This webpage on the Children's Technology Review's site contains an instrument for evaluating software to use with young children.
  
• Selecting Software
  The Software Selection section of the Early Connections website contains information on different types of software to consider for early childhood.

• Assistive Technology in K-12 Schools
  This section of the Alliance for Technology Access' website contains a variety of information ranging from definition of AT to case studies of young children using technology as a tool.
• Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education
  The Center housed at Western Illinois University has federally-funded projects focusing on the use of technology and assistive technology in early childhood. The site contains articles, curriculum ideas, and research reports.
• Family Center on Technology and Disability
  The website hosted by this federally funded project contains newsletters, discussions, AT organizations and resources, fact sheets on aspects of technology including adaptive toys, and AT success stories.
• KITE: Kids Included Through Technology are Enriched
  Project KITE at the Pacer Center in Minneapolis provides information in the form of newsletters and booklets to parents and teachers to more effectively include young children with disabilities in their homes and classrooms in culturally sensitive ways through the use of assistive technology.
• Let's Play Project
  The Let's Play Project at the Center for Assistive Technology, University at Buffalo, provides educators and families with ways to play with their infants and toddlers with disabilities, through the use of assistive technology. Information on toy selection, universal design, and other AT resources are included.
• Tots -n-Tech
  This national research project's website contains a variety of ideas for using AT with infants and toddlers for communication, mobility/positioning, and play.
• Universal Design for Learning
  CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology provides articles, policies, and publications related to designing learning experiences for all children.

• Activating Children Through Technology Tools
  This site contains technology integration activities and samples of kindergarten, first, and second grade products using digital cameras, microscope, and a variety of software applications as tools in the curriculum. Children’s creations include books, movies, slideshows, and podcasts.
• Learning and Teaching Scotland: ICT in the Early Years
  Learning and Teaching Scotland has a variety of resources related to learning and teaching with technology. On the "Sharing practice" section of their website, you can read about the use of a variety of technology tools, including whiteboards with case studies and comments from various classrooms.
• Early Childhood Curriculum Support: Predicting, Listening, Observing, and Recording - Integrating Technology
  Examples of curriculum activities and information for integrating technology into math, science, and social studies are provided at this site.
• ITLC Online - Technology Integration Workshop
  This workshop developed by the Interactive Technology Literacy Curriculum Project at Western Illinois University contains activities and strategies for integrating technology into early literacy curriculum.
• Kids Design the Future
  University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab site contains video examples of children designing and using technology in classroom projects.
• Kidsmart Guide to Early Learning & Technology
  The Technology Integration section of the Kidsmart website contains examples and tips for using technology to support learning both in the classroom and at home.
• Welcome to Mrs. Feldman's Kindergarten
  Kindergarten teacher, Dara Feldman, provides a variety of technology integration examples through slideshows and written information.