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Technology at Home
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Guidance Regarding Technology Use ] [ Using Technology in the Home ]
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The following resources are listed here to help parents and caregivers find information on best practices regarding technology use with young children in the home.
Guidance Regarding Technology Use
- Center on Child and
Media Health
The Center on Media and
Child Health is supported by the Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard
Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health. It is dedicated
to understanding and responding to the effects of media on the
physical, mental, and social health of children through research,
production, and education. This site provides summaries of current
research on the effects of media to children and a forum for parents
to ask questions of the “mediatrician”.
- Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media includes advice for parents suggestions, appropriate use of media by age, website reviews, Internet Safety and more…
- PBS Parent's Guide to Children and Media: Computers: Preschoolers
Ways parents can best utilize the time preschoolers spend on computers.
- PBS Parents: "Clicking" with Children: Computers and Young Children
Advice from experts, guidelines for choosing software, interacting with your child during computer time. Links to other useful resources.\
- Computers: Are they good for young children?
Gives suggestions for computer use by children aged 3-5, including time limits, monitoring use, choosing software, extending learning, and others. Provides links to several URLs about young children and computers.
- Parental Guidance on Web Video for Children
This NY Times articles discusses ways parents can protect their children on sites that videos are uploaded to, such as youtube.
- PBS Parent's Guide to Children and Media: Creating with Media
Suggests ways parents can help children use computers, digital cameras and sound recorders to create their own Web pages, become a digital artist, be an online storyteller, etc.
- Online Worlds for Young Kids: Tips
Discusses the appropriateness of online worlds, sites where kids create their own identity and interact with others, for young children. Tips for parents on how to help children use them appropriately.
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Using Technology in the Home
- Alliance
for Technology Access
The Alliance for Technology
Access seeks to increase the use of technology by children and adults
with disabilities and functional limitations. ATA encourages people
with disabilities to participate fully in their communities. ATA
provides public education, information and referrals, and
advocacy/policy efforts. This website contains many resources around
assistive technology.
- Watch Know
Watch Know collects
hand-selected educational videos for children from various websites
including YouTube, National Geographic, and TeacherTube. These videos are primarily
instructional, allowing children to learn through video. You can
search for particular topics, or browse by subject and limit by age. Users do not need to join or
register to see the videos, but registering allows you to track your
activities and make comments on videos.
- The American Library Association's Great Websites for Kids
Librarian-reviewed websites in all categories (animals, sciences, history, etc). Sites are tagged by age appropriateness.
- National Geographic Video
National Geographic’s quality videos for children deal with a range of topics, from recycling to animals, with funny videos as well.
- Preschool Matters: Are New Media a Boon to Young Children’s Education?
This article, published by the National Institute for Early Education Research considers the role of interactive digital media in the lives of young children.
- NAEYC: Technology and Young Children Interest Forum: Tech with Children
This web page provides many links to resources on using technology with young children, including topics such as software selection, appropriate practices, technology integration, and more.
- NAEYC: Technology and Young Children Interest Forum: Tech Tools for Educators
Explore the “web-based tools” websites, to see if there are tools that would be fun to try out at home, learn about tech organizations and other tech education resources.
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