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 **__ How to Start Using Technology in an Elementary Classroom __**  ** Technology in Early Childhood **
 * By: M. Garcia **

 When starting out, a child’s mind is like a sponge. It absorbs everything and anything. So when it’s time to actually learn in the classroom, it is the responsibility of the teacher to keep their students focused. There are multiple ways of teaching young children about technology and the importance of this is that the children have to stay interested. According to Kimberly  Moore Kneas, Ph.D. and [|Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.] in “Technology in early childhood” they demonstrate that the human brain better responds to visual information rather than an orientation that is face to face. Now when introducing younger children to “NEW” technology, there are two very important questions you must ask yourself.

= ** 1.) ** Is it developmentally appropriate? = = 2.) Will the activity benefit the child? =

= =  By asking these two questions you as the educator will be able to communicate with your younger students and you will also be able to help the younger generation by changing their development in thinking, organization and functioning within their brain cells. The best way to get a child motivated by learning new technology in the classroom is by having fun active activities that will actually help stimulate their brain cells. Make technology fun to learn by having game like programs that actually teach. By acquiring different types of learning programs, such as programs with an educational focus, a student will be able to engage in a fun learning style.

 As children in elementary are getting started, technology is having an early toll on a child’s learning ability for their future education. Not only does it benefit them in elementary but what they learn here will carry on with them as they continue their  education. Technology has become an essential part of K-12 and because of this a child is able to develop better curiosity, problem solving and independent thinking skills.

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