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After reading the feedback I received
from the members of my group, I have learnt about the many things technology
provides and what learning opportunities it promotes in the centre with the children
as well as the teachers. For example the different skills developed in the
carpentry table, such as hand and eye-coordination as well as the children
developing ideas and using their imagination in creating an object or tool. Alone
with the CD player where the children are able to explore and experiment with
the buttons and develop working theories about the things that surround them (Ministry
of Education, 1996). Where children are also appreciated and responded to in
interactions while working with coloured pencils which help them build a form
of self-confidence and sense of pride (Ministry of Education, 1996).
Through reading the blogs I have also learnt about the
different types of digital and non-digital technology that is available at
centres for children to use and explore, as well as knowing that not all
centres have the same form of technology available. In saying this, I wanted to answer the
question which one of my group members had asked, such as why is the CD player
the only digital technology children
have access to?. To answer this question it is also hard for me to explain, as I
wish there was more digital technology available for the children but because
my centre is privately owned, staffs are unable to get donations from
individuals in order to provide more digital technology. However from reading my group members blog
they had mentioned about cheap and second hand digital technology that is available
in all places of New Zealand which I have mentioned to the staff at my centre.
Overall from the start of this
course and to the end of this blog assignment I have learnt about the many digital
and non-digital technologies which are available for all individuals. I believe that children should be given the
chance to explore and experience the different types of tools, material, resources
and technology to develop the understanding of how things work and what they are
used for (Ministry of Education, 1996). The significance of technology is so that
children grow and develop in an environment which provides many learning opportunities
which promotes and enhances their different developmental learning skills. I believe
that children and teachers are all learners and so being in an environment surrounded
by different types of technology, provides many great learning experiences and
further contributes to the growth of children in becoming competent and
confident learners of the developing society in which we live in (Ministry of
Education 1996).
