Category Archives: Resources

Early Years Apps – from E2BN Conference

Posted on July 6, 2017 by jackcl

At the E2BN conference I did a workshop looking at how technology can be used to support the early years curriculum. As part of this I shared some suggestions for useful apps. While apps can be used by children individually … Continue reading →

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Dancing Robots – computing for early years

Posted on July 4, 2017 by jackcl

This is a lovely video to use with children. As well as learning the song and dance they can sequence the parts of the song. The sequencing can be done in a number of different ways. One example is to … Continue reading →

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Early years and educational technology at the E2BN Conference

Posted on June 17, 2016 by jackcl

I have been asked to present a couple of workshops on Using Educational Technology in Early Years at the E2BN conference on June 21st and 22nd. Link to pdf of presentation Most of the thing I cover are already on the blog … Continue reading →

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More edtech resources to support early years

Posted on May 19, 2016 by jackcl

Carol Allen at North Tyneside LA talked to the action research group about  resources  that could be used to support teaching and learning in the early years. There are some resources that are specially designed for early years education, like the … Continue reading →

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Computational Thinking in the Early Years

Posted on May 18, 2016 by jackcl

  It can be useful for early years practitioners to know about Computational Thinking and the language that will be used in computing  at Key Stage 1 . Computational thinking is not about technology but about problem solving. The above image … Continue reading →

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