Nursery World - Nursery Equipment: ICT

With technology playing an increasingly important part in all our
lives, it is essential that the early years sector finds appropriate
ways to incorporate ICT into settings. Nicole Weinstein finds
inspiration at one nursery school using a variety of gadgets to both
support and enhance learning.

Today's young children are born into a world of digital technology. Cot mobiles revolve above babies' heads at bedtime; toy vehicles stop and start at the press of a button; a green man lights up at the pedestrian crossing; and mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, iPads, iPods and iPod Touches have never been more widely accessible.

Lorraine Kaye, senior lecturer in primary computing at Middlesex University, says, 'Increased global connectivity and the use of the internet has greatly influenced the world in which young children live.

'Many young children are increasingly familiar with this technology and some are highly proficient in using smartphones and internet tablets by the time they enter nursery education.

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