Little Techies

The negative perceptions of parents in using technology are evident through the research conducted via the link below, of what children will do when left alone with a tablet.  The downside of gaming application in the tablet will be the addictive nature of the game to complete the adventure, less social interactions and less physical play, which will hinder children’s social development, as well as their gross motor and fine motor skills. However, when parents use technology to enhance children’s learning by being selective of the technology to use and what to watch, then children will surely benefit in their learning. As we move to the era of advanced technology, we have seen the shift in the increase of technology usage in children’s learning. Our presentation is to provide an informed decision in using technology by exploring the screen time in our children's use of technology, the disadvantages, and the advantages, and look at strategies that parents can util

About us: Our team is to provide information about importance of technology in the development of children as well as suggest resources for them to use. Our vision: Suggest parents think the importance of technology in the development of children. provide play- based learning through technology. suggest different resources for parents and children to use. Our philosophy: At our little techies’ team, we consider child as a: capable, active and responsible for their own learning (Vygotsky, 1966). According to Piaget, children learn through imagination, communication and social interaction with families and communities, we provide the useful technological resources in order to provide platform for parents to scaffold their children’s learning.

Here are some techniques parents could use to assimilate literacy technology in a child's life : (Family Online Safety Institute, 2019). 1) Reveal numerous online platforms: To showcase the range of technological tools even for future use. 2)Monitor screen time: Active screen time should be the focus of learning. 3)Model use of technology in a responsible way: Children imitate behaviours from parents and others around them.  4)Incorporate technology in daily routines. 5)Educate children about digital citizenship, with the help of school educators. 6)Engage in using a wide variety of apps, websites, online books and digital tools like tablets, IPAD, cell phone to enhance child's literacy learning interest. Here are some tips which can help parents follow guidelines regarding technology use (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016): For toddlers that are younger than a year and a half, maintain a strategic distance from utilization of screen media ot

Advantages of Technology in Literacy: 1.     People use technology anywhere and everywhere. In education, technology plays an important role to support students learning as technology can help improve research capabilities efficiently. 2.   In Australia, there are many bilingual families, which shows that children learn language, history and popular culture through technology by exploring (Arthur, Ashton, and Beecher, 2014).  3.     For students, they can learn from games, as Furió, Juan, Seguí, & Vivó (2015) explain that phone games compare with traditional class, and can inspire children’s interest to learn, underline their motivation and increase their memory and knowledge. 4.     Technology liberates children from heavy books and build up independent learning abilities by navigating and researching online pages and apps. (Mir 2016).  5.     Teachers can use technological devices to help children improve their literacy through singing songs or

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