Nimmo and Technology

1. Nimmo makes a case for the historical separation between adults and children but cross-cultural research indicates that children learn and gain identity by having engagement in “real life”. Bloch & Adler (me) and Reggio Emilia examples. Discuss his position in the context of 2014.

While reading through the article you notice that the findings that Nimmo states that children are being alienated from the adult society going back to 1974. Where children were sent to “daycare” but when you are pulling the child away from the environment that the parents are taking part in leaves the child to excluded while the parents believe that they are shielding their children from the world. This type of censorship towards child’s cuts down on the culture and the environment that surrounds the child. He points out that taking part of your child’s life is a very important role for not only the teachers but also the family and parents too. From that it creates a strong relationship and allowing the child to behave and gain an identity to form them.

Communicating and taking part of your child’s life is important because it helps with their development and growth. So allowing your child to take part in their culture or their environment then having to shield them.

2. How could the six elements proposed as an alternative framework for research, analysis and practice be implemented in childcare centers today?

In the article there are six elements that are proposed. From the research provided childcare centers implementing and practicing these elements. Intimacy is the first element and what childcare centers can do is to be able to follow-up on the same affection and care that parents provide for the child. To be able to maintain the care for the child as well as, to be mindful when things are difficult. Continuity in the childcare centers is to establish strong relationships with not only with the child but with the families and being able to communicate among them too. Complexity is establishing and encouraging a playful environment for children to explore and expand on their imagination and create an atmosphere to promote children’s curiosity and interest. Identity is providing the needs of all the children and being able to give them the support and the encouragement to grow and develop through the interest and to be aware of the certain needs of the children. Diversity is giving the children different perspectives of culture of children in the classroom or those who are interested in a certain culture and also looking into the environment and the surrounding of where they live or where they go. Reciprocity is having high expectation and desired outcomes for children and having programs guiding children is important towards reaching their milestones and help work on the needs of the child’s strength and weaknesses.

1. What are the pros and cons of parents and young children working together on technology?

Now days the children of this generation are known to be the technological age. So younger children are more interested in technology and using technology. Pros of using these tools are that children are able to learn and manipulate through a different way. That having technology for younger children and having them exposed to technology you are able to open them up to more then the environment around them and exposing them to a new perspective and another form of explorations through the internet and exposing them to different forms of a technique. From this it allows children to manipulate and create more forms of technology that could lead to future innovations. Cons of having children learn through technology that it becomes a self-taught program allowing the child to intake too much information through the internet and that too much exposure to technology can take effects towards the child development and that if a child is spending too much time on technology it’s the abuse towards the user if the user is using it towards video games and watching senseless videos.

2. What is the concern about technology usage and DAP? Do you agree?

In accordance to DAP having technology can be isolating towards a singular area that if technology isn’t being used for educational reasons that it obstructs from growth and development. As you read through the article you find that through technology that it has improved on communication and experimentation. For me I agree that technology is a useful tool if it is being used properly in the classroom and that there are guidelines to the technology being used. As we continue to move forward with technology it is constantly improving and becoming better where using technology as a teaching technique or using it in the classroom to be very helpful. In our classroom we do use technology in the classroom. Usually our class has been really interested in different formations of building and how it is built, we already have in our class pictures and books that provide the same information to build building but it was also good to be able to allow the children to watch a video on what tools they use, the different types of materials and watching how the building is built through this our children were able to have an entire curriculum dedicated on building because we were able to give a different perspective instead of taking the children to see a building being built which we thought might be a little dangerous to allowing us to use the video gave an alternative to use. So I believe using technology is good because since it is something that children will constantly come across in their lives that its good to incorporate to their learning but then it still needs that supervision and limits.