Children of the new millennium: Using information and communication technologies for playing and learning in the information age

新千年的儿童：在信息时代利用信息和通信技术进行游戏和学习。这项研究探讨了幼儿从学前班到二年级在信息和通信技术方面的专门知识的发展。它研究了不同社会经济领域的幼儿在哪里使用信息和通信技术，他们使用多少种形式的信息和通信技术，以及技术在多大程度上与其他形式的游戏和识字和算术学习有关。将开发一个评估工具，以探讨儿童对技术的知识、理解和使用如何随着时间的推移而变化。这项研究将为教育早期的政策和课程方向提供信息。

Children of the new millennium: Using information and communication technologies for playing and learning in the information age. This research explores the development of young children's expertise with information and communication technologies from the preschool to the second year of school. It examines where young children in diverse socioeconomic areas use information and communication technologies, how many forms of it they use and to what extent technology relates to other forms of play and learning in literacy and numeracy. An assessment tool will be developed to explore how children's knowledge, understanding and use of technology changes over time. The research will inform policy and curriculum directions in the early years of education.