ICT in Education Database
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, News and Events
Benefits and risks of ICT use in early childhood
by Mami Umayahara, UNESCO Bangkok
Today it is common to see toddlers and pre-schoolers watching video, playing games on tablets or surfing on internet. In the...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, News and Events
Educators’ attentive use key to maximizing ICT benefits in early years education
by Polyxeni Evangelopoulou, Stockholm
In today’s world, ICT has become an important component of our life. In this context, internet access and exposure to...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, Projects/Programmes
Developmentally appropriate technology for early childhood (DATEC)
The rapid expansion of low-cost computing has been accompanied by a push for digital devices in the classrooms of all students. In order to ensure the useful...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, News and Events
International Conference “ICT in Education” in Mongolia
The International Conference “ICT in Education: Digital Pedagogy, Learning Technology, Teachers and OER” was held in Ulaanbaatar on 6-7 May 2014. The...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, News and Events
Learn by coding
"Knowing how to code?" or "literacy of the XXI century? " - UNESCO's YouthMobile initiative and Intel Software hosted a round table on this...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, News and Events
81 nations represented at Conference on Early Care and Education
Eight hundred forty-one early childhood leaders and practitioners from 81 nations participated in the tenth World Forum on Early Care and Education held May 6...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, Resources
Recognizing the potential of ICT in early childhood education
The analytical survey “Recognizing the potential of ICT in early childhood education” undertaken by UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, Resources
Technology and interactive media as tools in early childhood programmes serving children from birth through age 8
This joint position statement document issued by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (USA) and the Fred Rogers Center for Early...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, Resources
ICT skills progression: Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1
The Lancashire Schools' Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) ICT skills progression has been produced in order to help and support EYFS and Key Stage 1...
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20.06.14: ICT in Education, Resources
What’s lost as handwriting fades?
This article written by Maria Konnikova and published on 2 June 2014 in the New York Times is discussing several recent neurological and psychological studies...