PRECONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Date and Time: November 5, 2003, 9:00am – 12:00Noon,

Place: McCormick Place, Rm. S106 AB, Chicago, Illinois

The pre-conference session for the Technology and Young Children Interest Forum of NAEYC will provide opportunities for members and new comers to technology to explore successful and appropriate applications of technology in the lives of young children. Participants will interact in a half-day session including poster sessions, round tables, panel discussions, and one-on-one dialogues.

Members of the Executive Committee:

President: Kimberly B. Moore Past-President: Dara Feldman Vice President: Kristen Hammond Webmasters: X.Christine Wang Michael Pierce Vice Pres. Pre-Conference: Lynn Hartle Secretary: Catherine Gillespie Treasurer: Open

Software: Susan Haugland Fund Raiser: Open Public Rel.: Irene Barnett Technical Affairs: Mark German At large members: Bonnie Blagojevic, Bill Peet, Jana McQuown, Carol Bell

9:00 – 10:00am (concurrent with Poster Sessions)	Membership table with Executive Members Join the Tech Interest Forum, Sign up to Volunteer for the Tech Room, Pick up a Tech Room schedule for Th, Fri, Sat., Find out about Software Bundle Sales, Join the ListServe
9:00 – 10:00am	Poster presentations The Poster Sessions will focus on a variety of innovative, field-tested practices in TECHNOLOGY AND YOUNG CHILDREN. The purpose of the Poster Sessions are to encourage informal communication between presenters and conferees. Promising Practices Letha Clark, l-clark2@wiu.edu and Carol Bell, ca-bell@wiu.edu Center for Best Practices, Western Illinois Univ Benefits of a Comprehensive Technology System Technology innovations—such as computers, touch tablets, adaptive keyboards, and a wide array of switches—can level the playing field for young children with disabilities and provide those children access to the regular early childhood curriculum. Merging Literacy and Technology for the Early Years Carol Bell, ca-bell@wiu.edu and Letha Clark, l-clark2@wiu.edu Center for Best Practices, Western Illinois Univ Young children with disabilities must have experiences related to emergent literacy if they are to be able to later read and write. Preparing Teachers to Integrate Computers using Computers! Rebecca L. Gorton, Director of Early Childhood Education Northampton Community College, rgorton@northampton.edu, Gail Herring, Coordinator of NCC CyberStart Training Project Northampton Community College, gherring@northampton.edu, and Suzanne Thouvenelle, Director of Research and Development Mobius Corporation, kidware@prodigy.net CyberStart is a Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development project in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Its goal is to ensure that Pennsylvania children start school computer-ready. http://cyberstart.org/init.html Making cultural and linguistic connections for young children through the use of web cameras Deanna L. Nekovei, Texas A&M University—Kingsville dnekovei@tamuk.edu and Jocelynn L. Smrekar, Clarion University of Pennsylvania jsmrekar@clarion.edu Enabling children to share home cultures by eliminating the problems of time and place by using web camera technology, we are assisting two kindergarten and two elementary classrooms to exchange information and ideas about culture and language. Technology-Supported Learning In A First Grade Classroom Judy Van Scoter, NWREL / NETC Portland OR, vanscotj@nwrel.org This poster session highlights a first grade classroom where children use technology along with other resources to research and create written and electronic reports on animals of their choice. Empowering Parents as Partners with Virtual Pre-K Technology Chicago Public Schools www.VirtualPre-K.org See first-hand how this bilingual, teacher-created resource promotes the home-school connection in a large urban school district.
10:00-10:30am	Greeting and Introduction of Executive Members, Kimberly B. Moore, Pres. Technology and Young Children Interest Forum “Technology and Young Children: Where we’ve been; Where we’re going!” Explanation of Pre-conference, Annual Meeting, and Tech Booth on the Exhibit Floor, Lynn Hartle, Vice President for Pre-Conference Development
10:30- 11:30am	Round Table Sessions The Round Table presentations, will focus on Research and Best Practices on Computers and Young Children. During this aspect of the pre-conference session, members will have opportunities to share their personal stories about a tech & young children research (qualitative or quantitative) project or application of best practices. MicroWorlds and Lego-Logo Catherine Wilson Gillespie, Drake University School of Education, catherine.gillespie@drake.edu Final results of a 2-year research project in a kindergarten and Head Start classroom where children were regularly observed using Logo-based software. Transforming Preschool Education With Technology: Issues And Strategies Sudha Swaminathan, Eastern Connecticut State University, swaminathans@easternct.edu , Leah M. Barbuto, Eastern Connecticut State barbutolm@juno.com , Jeffrey Trawick-Smith, Eastern Connecticut State University trawick@easternct.edu , June L. Wright, Eastern Connecticut State University wrightjl@chartertn.net From the Fall of 2000, we have been involved in a professional development effort centered on training preschool teachers to use technology within their regular curriculum. Real Parents, Real Involvement, Real Challenges: Virtual Pre-K Supercharges the Home-School Connection Chicago Public Schools www.VirtualPre-K.org Learn how two large urban districts are partnering with bilingual, teacher-created technology that improves school readiness and promotes parents' participation in their children's learning, with measurable results! Give ONE Get ONE Dara Feldman Dara_Feldman@fc.mcps.k12.md.us Join a dialogue session - Share an idea or strategy that you use in your classroom and you will also get more ideas and strategies from others who join you and this round table. Very informal and yet informative!
11:30 – 11:45am	Panel of Round Table Session Presenters: Brief Summaries of their work, Contact Information, and General Questions from Conferees. (There are only two round tables and this would provide info on both for conferees who did not get to attend the other Round table.
11:45am-12noon	Wrap Up