ED2440 - Technologies Across the Early Childhood Education Curriculum

Credit points:	03
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	College of Arts, Society & Education

Available only to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)

The subject will allow students to investigate the use of digital and design technologies for effective learning and teaching in early-childhood settings from birth to 8 years old and to integrate technology when planning and developing an online learning activity. This activity should cater for a diverse range of child/student needs and be coherent, well-sequenced learning task that develops students' creativity and problem solving abilities. It will also develop familiarity with the Australian technology curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework outcomes, Children are Effective Communicators; and Children are Confident and Involved Learners and to design learning tasks that demonstrate effective use of technology.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate embedding of technology curriculum and Digital Technologies in planning showing content organized into a coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching program;
• demonstrate familiarity with the technology curriculum and Digital Technologies;
• design an online learning activity to develop creativity, problem-solving and higher order thinking skills at the students' learning level using design-thinking frameworks and the webquest format, through Google Sites;
• distinguish between a variety of ICT curriculum models; be sensitive to curriculum issues relating to ICT, including social justice issues, and plan learning activities using ICT that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds;
• apply skills in using and integrating ICT throughout the Australian curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework to make selected content relevant and meaningful;
• demonstrate the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the Early Years at a Developed Level and, for B.Ed (ECE) students, relevant ACECQA standards.

Prerequisites:

ED1440 OR ED1441

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coordinator:	Professor Neil Anderson
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); test (10%); assignments (40%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 07-Apr-2016
Coordinator:	Professor Neil Anderson
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); test (10%); assignments (40%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 08-Dec-2016
Coordinator:	Professor Neil Anderson
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); test (10%); assignments (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.