GEN 103 INFORMATION LITERACY
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Technology Trends and Early Childhood Education
Caryn L. Hayes
Ashford University
GEN103: Information Literacy
Instructor: Sandra McCarthy
October 22, 2020
Title
Research Question:
Why is teaching with technology important to Early Childhood Education?
Scholarly Article 1
Reference:
Carmo, M. (2018). Education and New Developments 2018. Eric. https://eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED604964
Annotation:
This scholarly article focuses on the growing changes in Education including Early Childhood Education. The author presents various changes in education and how these changes happens rapidly. Education has to always change because the environment and the conditions are changing in every second. Students live a smart technological life, they do not only use technology, but they live it (Carmo, 2018). The author substantiates their position by who this is so. New smart devices and software applications must be applied for improving the educational efficiency not only because education needs to transfer information faster, but because they may fit the educational methods into the students’ everyday life (Carmo, 2018). The author also asks how educators and parents what kind of software and hardware can be used to make education more motivating.
The source supports the thesis by providing additional sources that are referenced and cited. The author also provides internet sources from lecturer, Gyöngyi Bujdosó. She is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Hungary. The information in the article was relative to my research question and also provided information on the topic as it relates to other countries. There are no limitations in the source, and it fully supports the authors position. The source helps answer my research question by providing credible sources and explaining the reasoning of the use of technology.
Scholarly Article 2
Reference:
Flavin, B. (2020). 4 Emerging Trends in Early Childhood Education. Article submitted for publication, Department of Early Childhood Education, Rasmussen College.
Annotation:
The article was published March 23, 2020, the information has not been revised since it was published. The focus of my topic is trends in Early Childhood Education, which would require current information. Older sources would be outdated for this topic. The links for the webpage were functional.
The information in the article does relate to my research topic and it helps to answer some questions. The audience is for the early childhood educators and students looking for information concerning technology trends. Although the article is short, there is enough information and has links to provide more information. This article was actually given to me from my instructor, proving to be a valuable tool in completing this assignment.
The author of this article Brianna Flavin is a content writer for Collegis Education who writes focused articles on behalf of Rasmussen College. The author is a writer, she earned her MFA in poetry and teaches as an adjunct English instructor. She loves to write, teach and talk about the power of effective communication. Given the authors credentials I believe she is qualified to address the topic. There is no email address for the source publisher, the webpage is from an organizational website.
The information comes from research conducted by the author about various trends in Early Childhood Education, technology being one specific. The evidence is based on first-hand knowledge and research. The information has more than likely been reviewed by the editors. I cannot verify the information because the article doesn't have any references. The article doesn't have any spelling or grammar mistakes, and the tone appears to be unbiased on the topic.
The purpose of this information is to give an overview of four trends developing in Early Childhood Education, technology is one of them. The author and sponsor were intentional in making the information clear. The information was researched and appears to be factual and some opinions from the writer. I felt like the article is just relaying information on the topic without any biases. I will use this article in my research although there was a lack of references but with the links it gave me additional information to go off of.
EBook
Reference:
Krogh S, Slentz K. (2001). Early Childhood Education: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=60423&site=eds-live&scope=site.
Annotation:
This eBook source examines Early Childhood Education from the past, present, and future perspective. The focus is on different aspects of change leading to today’s technological advancements and beyond. The author wants to show how children how technology is changing the thought process of children at a very young age. The author suggests, the use of technology, in particular computers, by young children has become generally accepted by the educational community. It was not many years ago that the question of developmental appropriateness created a fierce debate among those who believed no age was too young to introduce children to the technology that was beginning to pervade most of society and those who feared the use of computers would deny children the access they need to hands-on manipulative materials (Krogh & Slentz, 2001).
The source supports the thesis with credible information and references. The has also been research to show the eBooks’s credibility showing the benefits of technology for young children’s learning and development. The source is limited in the number of references, but they are enough to make a clear determination. The source helps to answer the research question with answering the question that, computers are most useful for enhancing skills. In its earliest days, the classroom computer was used largely for the purpose of skill enhancement. In the mid1990s, software for tutorial purposes was still dominating the marketplace (Shade, 1996b). Software companies continue to promote large, comprehensive packages that include applications for such practice in both language arts and mathematics, providing teachers with readymade, easy to use drills that require little teacher–child interaction time (Krogh & Slentz, 2001).
Library Tutoring Summary:
Caryn H.
Hello.... I'm Caryn. I need help using my search terms to find scholarly articles.
My topic is: Technology trends in Early Childhood Education
Jonathan T.
Hello. I can help. When you are ready, click enter lesson, and we will begin.
Jonathan T.
Great. Let's get started. Go to https://library.ashford.edu/index.aspx, click on Find Arti- cles &More, then click on Databases by Type. Select the EBSCOhost database. It will be the first database under the Journal Articles heading.
Please let me know when you are there, and I'll make a few suggestions.
Caryn H.
Got it...I need 2 scholarly journal articles and 1 ebook
Jonathan T.
Caryn H.
im there
Jonathan T.
I've shared a search in the whiteboard.
Jonathan T.
Next, let's filter the search so that only Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals appear in your search. This option is on the left side of the webpage under Limit To.
Caryn H.
done
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Jonathan T. Take some time to look over the results. Let me know if you do not see two articles that you can use. Caryn H. found two...thanks Jonathan T. great! Jonathan T. To search for ebooks, return to the library homepage, click ebooks in the light brown square, the click Ebook Central. Try using the same terms in the advanced search. To narrow your results, use the subject filtering options on the left side of the page. Caryn H. got it...only one book came up. did I do something wrong? Jonathan T. You might try this search phrase instea Caryn H. ok...let me see. I went back to the beginning. Caryn H. Better...theres 54 options Caryn H. Johnathan thanks so much! Is it possible to get a copy of this chat. I need it for my assignment. Jonathan T. You can download a copy of this session by clicking Export at the top of the chat window. Caryn H. Ok great! thanks have a awesome week! Take care and be safe!
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Jonathan T. If you get stuck at any point in your research, we can pick this back up again. Good luck! |
