“There is an increasing awareness of the technological world that we live in: a world that people have created and changed through technology” (Smorti, 1999, p.5). Before I began this assignment, I did not see technology as anything that could used to problem solved instead in my mind, technology meant things that worked with electricity. During my journey of posting the blogs, I learnt that technology can be affiliated with a lot more things than what we might think. Now I look at technology as something that could be used as a device for problem solving for example a clothes peg is used to hang the clothes out to dry.
In the early childhood education curriculum it states that “in order to participate in this world, our children will need the confidence to develop their own perspectives as well as the capacity to continue acquiring new knowledge and skills” (Smorti, 1999, p.5). Without people, places, things and events, the children of tomorrow would not be able to achieve this. While reading other students blogs I gained knowledge about how different people find different ways of provide children with different learning experiences.
During this journey I have learnt the significance of notice, recognize and respond. We are here to follow the childrens interest and extend their knowledge on these interests. We might think that if a child shows interest in only gardening then he is limited in terms of growth but in gardening comes other things such as science, mathes, papatuanuku, positive relationship with nature etc.
Children should be able to connect links with their whanau and the wider world and we as educators are here to affirm and extend on these (Ministry of Education, 1996). Children are very curious, they like to know what is going on around them and how they can get involved. To involve children in different activities give them an opportunity to see what their likes and dislikes are and their knowledge about the wider world can be extended through this.
Children like to look forward to events, especially when it is something that is of their interest so when we plan an excursion, it always has to arise from what the children are interested in at that particular time.
Thank you. It was a challenge for some students, finally everyone has done a good job on blogging. Now you can add 'blogging' to your CV. Well done!! Have you learnt a lot from other students' blogs?
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