Debra Harwood is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Brock University, Canada. Her research interests include early childhood curricula and pedagogies; digital learning and teaching; and nature based learning programs.
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The Digital World & Play of Young Children - Debra Harwood Be the 'I' in iPad: iPads and the children who love them - Jennifer Rowsell Playful Pedagogic Moves: Digital Devices in the Outdoors - Sherry Rose, Kristy Fitzpatrick, Candace Mersereau, & Pam Whitty Digital Inquiry and Socio-Critical Negotiations in Two Early Childhood Classrooms - Kari-Lynn Winters & Leslie Memme Tablets as invitational spaces - Leslie Memme & Kari-Lynn Winters 'Let me show you how the iPad works': Young children as teachers - Debra Harwood & Katelyn Scott iPads from home to school: Exploring digital divides in early childhood education- Laura Lane Meeting ALL THEIR NEEDS: Tablets and diverse learners -Dane Marco Di Cesare; Tara Kaczorowski and Andrew Hashey Using iPads to Empower Young Children as Readers and Writers - Vera E. Woloshyn, Arlene Grierson & Laura Lane It's an app, app world - Dane Marco Di Cesare Lingering Thoughts - Debra Harwood
This is a very timely book, which looks at research on the potential and use of iPads in early years education. Harwood explores the evolution of digital technologies in the field of education across the world and explores how tablets, such has iPads, can be used to ignite and excite children's interest. The book builds on research-based insights into 'children's thinking, interaction and being' and offers starting points from which to develop appropriate use of technology in your own setting. -- Neil Henty