CAREER: A Classroom of the Future: Developing and Infusing New Technologies in Early Childhood Education

技术显然正在改变孩子们的生活和学习方式。尚不清楚的是，由于这些新技术，我们的教室未来将如何变化。今天，当谈到将技术注入课堂环境时，特别是当它涉及幼儿教育环境时，有许多问题。有了新技术，我们的学龄前教室会是什么样子？如果有的话，有哪些适合幼儿的新技术？幼儿教师也会以同样的方式教学吗？孩子们会因为这些技术而学习不同吗？在这项研究中，国际儿童基金会将探索与幼儿教育中新技术和灌输方法的发展、评估和传播有关的问题。目标是：了解幼儿(3-6岁)在学习环境中的独特需要；与儿童和教师合作开发新技术；制定在充满技术的幼儿教育环境中进行教学的新战略；了解这些技术可能对幼儿及其幼儿教育工作者产生的影响；以及了解技术何时是幼儿教育的适当催化剂。这项研究将是对儿童界面、技术和设计实践的新方法的重要展示，并将进一步提供新的教育工具，这些工具可以对我们未来如何在课堂上教育我们的孩子产生广泛影响。

Technology is clearly changing the way children live and learn. What is not clear is how our classrooms will change in the future due to these new technologies. Today there are numerous questions when it comes to infusing technology into the classroom environment, particularly when it involves early childhood education environments. What will our pre-school classrooms look like with new technologies? What, if any, are appropriate new technologies for young children? Will early childhood teachers approach teaching in the same way? Will children learn differently because of these technologies? In this research the PI will explore issues relating to the development, evaluation, and dissemination of new technologies and infusion methods in early childhood education. The goals are: to understand the unique needs of young children (ages 3-6) in learning environments; to develop new technologies in partnership with children and teachers; To develop new strategies for teaching in a technology-infused early childhood education environment; to understand the impact these technologies can have on young children and their early childhood educators; and to understand when technology is an appropriate catalyst for early childhood education. The research will be an important demonstration of new approaches in interfaces, technologies, and design practices for and with children, and will further offer new educational tools that can have a broad impact on how we educate our children in our classrooms of the future.