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These days, everyone has a mobile phone, even if they might not have a landline. Vardon School recognised the potential for texting to be an effective way to give parents regular feedback on their...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers are keen to adopt new ICTs to support student learning. This article looks at one example—interactive whiteboards. Skilfully used by the teacher, sequences of magnified images wowed students...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A group of Waikato University researchers watched as a Year 6 class experimented with Scratch, a child-oriented programming language. The software is designed for children to explore programming—it...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Ann Hatherly distills three key messages from the Early Childhood Education Information and Communication Technology Professional Learning Programme.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Cameras, personal computers, the Internet, educational software. Information and communication technology is everywhere in modern life. How should early childhood teachers respond to the ...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Given that children's achievement appears to be enhanced in schools (particularly low-decile schools) with ICT-rich environments, research into what might help staff at a low-decile school integrate...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Any student can become a target of physical, verbal, or relational bullying, but now there's a new threat—bullying through text-messaging. This article examines the nature and prevalence of text-...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article explores social aspects of information and communications technology (ICT) in primary classrooms, focusing on pupils’ attitudes, academic progress, teachers’ and pupils’ roles, and...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article is not intended to be a series of handy hints on choosing between specific brands of microcomputers or different word processing programs. That sort of information is best obtained from...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
There is a widespread expectation that acquiring ICT skills and experiences during childhood will be critical for later success in the workplace. The writers examine some of the issues and evidence...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article