Uses Appropriate Technology and Media

The professional working with young children makes sound decisions for selecting and using technology and media to enhance teaching and learning

Resources & Media for Understanding Competency 4.10

Behaviors & Skills

• a
  Utilizes technology and media that are clearly linked to a purpose, using them to engage children in thinking, creating, problem solving, designing, inquiring, critiquing, communicating and making connections, rather than simply to practice skills
  
  
• b
  Selects technology and media tools that promote interaction, communication, and collaboration
  
  
• c
  Considers developmental appropriateness when selecting technology and media learning tools, especially for infants and toddlers
  
  
• d
  Considers developmental appropriateness when selecting assistive technologies, especially for infants and toddlers
  
  
• e
  When making decisions for individual children, first considers the simplest and least intrusive assistive technologies
  
  
• f
  Includes assistive technologies in the assessment process when appropriate
  
  
• g
  Collaborates with families about the use of assistive technologies