1. Using Technology for Documentation of Dramatic Play
Chapter 12
Using Technology for Documentation of Dramatic Play
“Observations for assessment cannot be done occasionally because the novelty of being watched may change a child’s behavior.”
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2. TECHNOLOGY
Mechanical reproduction or storage of documentation such as:
Audio recording: Conversations, speech/language
Videotape: Physical and all other areas
Digital video – Electronic storage and easy manipulation
Photography – Still documentation of event
Digital photography – Electronic storage, inexpensive printing
Copiers, scanners: Electronic storage
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3. Uses of Technology for Documentation
Advantages
Capture details
More objective than written descriptions
Can be analyzed and used in a number of different ways
Less time consuming than writing
Disadvantages
Equipment may be expensive
Complicated
Time consuming to learn and use
May cause unnatural behavior in child
May be against cultural values
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4. TOPICS IN OBSERVATION Protecting the Rights of the Child
PERMISSION NECESSARY BECAUSE:
Religious or cultural taboos
Reveals child identity in protective services cases
Personal reasons of the family
Child’s right to privacy
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5. What to Do with It
Individual works can be stored in each child’s folder or on a computer disc
Display – Documentation panels showing process or evolution of a project
Share with child and family
Use as emergent curriculum
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6. LOOKING AT DRAMATIC PLAY
Necessary for mental/emotional health
Involves all areas of development especially:
Cognitive
Social
Language
Dramatic Play – Imagination, role-taking, playing out real-life experiences
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7. OBSERVING DRAMATIC PLAY
Emotional – Sex role identification, self-esteem
Social – Levels of play; solitary, parallel, associative, cooperative
Physical – Self-help skills, large/small muscle development
Cognitive – Social, physical, and logico-mathematical knowledge, problem solving
Language – Functions of language, clarity of speech
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8. Helping All Children with Sociodramatic Play
Cultural Differences
Socioeconomic Differences
Differing Abilities and Dramatic Play
Helping Professions
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9. Standard Related to Dramatic Play
McREL’s Content Knowledge: Theater
Standard 2: Acting Skills
Level PreK
Creates and acts out roles of characters from familiar stories.
Engages in both fantasy dramatic play and dramatic play that is based on real experiences.
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