Technology Solutions for Early Childhood: Shaping the Future What Do We Know and What Do We Want to Know: Screen Time and Accessibility in Early Childhood Technology Solutions for Early Childhood: Shaping the Future November 29, 2016 Tamara Kaldor, MS, Assistant Director, TEC Center 1-1:01

What do we know? 1 min for intro

April 3, 2010 #GAMECHANGER 1 min I don’t need research to tell me that in 2010 everything changed for inclusion, accessibility and technology.

at 6 mins Video length: 3:40 Video link YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt2yHIa6sAw Video link Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/119352124

NAEYC and Fred Rogers Joint Position Statement Effective uses of technology and media are active, hands-on, engaging, and empowering; give the child control; provide adaptive scaffolds to ease the accomplishment of tasks; and are used as one of many options to support children’s learning. 1 min, but at about 7 min?

New data! 2 min-at about 8-9 min

New Guidance-AAP • More descriptive than prescriptive –Parent empowerment, reality-based • Joint engagement and co-viewing – Using media together improves learning • Video chat – Beneficial screen time, relationship-based, interactional quality and socially contingent • Parent media use and role as media mentors – Most influential media role model 2 min -at about 10 min in

New Guidance-AAP – No screens under for children under 18 months – Exception is video chat – 18 months to 2 years – OK to introduce high-quality media if you watch with them – 2 to 5 years – 1 hour daily limit, high quality, watch together – No media use one hour before bedtime Concern about displacement – 12 hours of waking time -1 hour of media use + time for family, reading together, social time with friends, outdoor plays, imaginative play, time for boredom 2-3 min-explain Lauren Myers research at about 12-13 min in

New Guidance – DOE/HHS Four guiding principles Technology, when used properly, can be a tool for learning • Technology should be used to increase access to learning opportunities for all children • Technology may be used to strengthen relationships among parents, families, early educators, young children • Technology is more effective for learning when adults and peers interact or co-view with young children 1 min- at about 14 min in

Hot Topics -Research VR and AR for social stories Executive functioning Assessment Ebooks Videogames LAB time! 2 min- at about 16 min in

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From 757 entries of research, tips, and policy from June 2011-present Only .02% of entries coded were longitudinal in nature, 63% were not funded 8-10% of studies coded addressed populations that were identified as either SPED, ELL or Low-SES From 757 entries of research, tips, and policy from June 2011-present

What about when the tech is not a screen? WAIT! What about play? What about when the tech is not a screen? 30 sec

Video Lenth: 2:43 with ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpcI-PjFZao&index=1&list=PL4cx1J4U10jjSqYZNFIxyt58YBKSRGV_c Safeshare (stripped of ads): https://safeshare.tv/x/vpcI-PjFZao#v

Digital Media can... Digital media can be used not only to provide families with information, but also, to increase their understanding to use that information effectively and creatively. By doing so, families take on the roles as lifelong educators and learners: they become powerful teachers for their own children who also gain new skills themselves. Lopez, Caspe & Weiss, 2016

How can tech support whole families, neurodiversity and inclusion to empower children, parents and educators? How do we move technology in early childhood research $$$ and interest towards looking at supporting whole families, inclusion and neurodiversity?

www.teccenter.erikson.edu Photos courtesy of Google Image Search, Fred Rogers Center, Fred Rogers Company, Erikson Institute, NAEYC, Early Learning Community at Pacific University, Burley Elementary School, Ravenswood Elementary School, University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, Cassandra Mattoon and Chris Crowell

“Assistive and Instructional Technology Supporting Learners with Disabilities” The Center on Technology and Disability is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) under award #H327F130003 – 13A.