Week 6 blog entry

When I clicked on some links, they led to different areas of early childhood education. One led me to the past issues in early childhood field and I checked out what technology was like back in 2003. At that time, computer was not yet a common tool for teachers and often teachers have many concerns about using technology with young children. Some concerns included if the computer was effective in children’s learning, how it was effective, and the influences on children in the future. Some of these concerns have always been concerns over the past ten years but lots of myths about using technology have been solved.  I searched the “Teaching Young Children” section and found 10 tips that encouraged family-friendly teaching skills. Some of these practices are very practical, for example, “form parent advisory groups to allow parents to share new ideas and common concerns” and encourage parents to use their strength to support the program. One thing that I find reachable is to have extra staff at the end of the day to ensure all parents get the opportunities to talk to the teachers. However, as teachers we need to make sure that every staff communicates with parents in a professional way. I have seen teachers saying improper things to parents, for example, telling parents who the child was that bit their child. This is really unprofessional in dealing with parents. As a result, not only that we should have more staff at the end of the day to communicate with parents, and we also need to make sure the quality of communicating.