Ideas to put technology to use in Early Learning Classrooms - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T15:30:53Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/ideas-to-put-technology-to-use-in-early-learning-classrooms?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A1065877&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTechnology is such an integra…tag:www.classroom20.com,2016-09-30:649749:Comment:11251872016-09-30T06:11:12.591ZLeesa johnsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Leesajohnson
<p>Technology is such an integral part of everyday life, therefore it is becoming increasingly crucial for technology to be integrated into the learning process, from the ground up. For current updates and research on screen time, health concerns, developmental considerations relevant to tech integration, & use strategies.</p>
<p>Technology is such an integral part of everyday life, therefore it is becoming increasingly crucial for technology to be integrated into the learning process, from the ground up. For current updates and research on screen time, health concerns, developmental considerations relevant to tech integration, & use strategies.</p> Very useful information share…tag:www.classroom20.com,2016-09-26:649749:Comment:11248152016-09-26T06:31:28.678ZJayashree Iyerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JayashreeIyer
<p>Very useful information shared. Thanks for your ideas.</p>
<p>Very useful information shared. Thanks for your ideas.</p> I didn't frame the post prope…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-05-03:649749:Comment:10659892015-05-03T00:19:18.691ZJamie Foxhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JamieFox
<p>I didn't frame the post properly. I made the subject too broad when it is really a much smaller topic.</p>
<p>Just to clarify, <a href="http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/sites/www/Uploads/Form_OEL-VPK_03L_Long_Att_Ver_06-13-13%28ENABLED%29.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here is an example of one form I want to make accessible online</a></p>
<p>I am not personally in a classroom setting most of the time, however I am in an administrative role. I do the audits to make sure that the…</p>
<p>I didn't frame the post properly. I made the subject too broad when it is really a much smaller topic.</p>
<p>Just to clarify, <a href="http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/sites/www/Uploads/Form_OEL-VPK_03L_Long_Att_Ver_06-13-13%28ENABLED%29.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here is an example of one form I want to make accessible online</a></p>
<p>I am not personally in a classroom setting most of the time, however I am in an administrative role. I do the audits to make sure that the rules for the VPK Florida State grant for 4 year old education are being followed. Payments to the centers and intermediate non-profit entities are based on classroom attendance, so this is very important. If the kids don't show up or if the forms are filled out incorrectly people lose funding. I'd like to take the chance of losing forms or completing them incorrectly out of the equation with an online application. </p>
<p>The attendance sheets I linked must be filled out and signed by parents. Our state is now forcing registration for this program to take place online - therefore I think that hosting the forms online, storing the information in a database on my server in a redundant RAID1 set-up to avoid data loss would be a step forward for anyone who chooses to use it. Classrooms could simply enter the attendance for each child through a web portal set up in a subdomain, maybe "<a href="https://earlylearning.guru" target="_blank">vpk.earlylearning.guru</a>", obtain a log in and update/revise the forms as required. Parents could have their own log ins to validate the children's attendance as required. Ideally. I don't know java or php so this would be hard for me to implement personally.</p>
<p>Then again, many parents and even program managers still like to do things with pen and paper. I'm not sure how widely adopted an approach like this would be. They had a hard enough time getting parents to send in their children's birth certificates online in March for enrollment...</p> Just an idea, you might want…tag:www.classroom20.com,2015-05-02:649749:Comment:10658772015-05-02T15:59:40.684ZJoel Garciahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JoelGarcia
<p>Just an idea, you might want to check out SchoolTools: <a href="http://www.schooltool.org/" target="_blank">http://www.schooltool.org/</a></p>
<p>You can download it and get started. It sounds as though you could try it out yourself. Install Ubuntu/Linux on a desktop or laptop and then install this software. It is kind of an out of the box solution, but it seems as though most people know someone with an older Windows computer that they don't use. I took the plunge back in 2008 and never…</p>
<p>Just an idea, you might want to check out SchoolTools: <a href="http://www.schooltool.org/" target="_blank">http://www.schooltool.org/</a></p>
<p>You can download it and get started. It sounds as though you could try it out yourself. Install Ubuntu/Linux on a desktop or laptop and then install this software. It is kind of an out of the box solution, but it seems as though most people know someone with an older Windows computer that they don't use. I took the plunge back in 2008 and never looked back. All the technology that I use is Open Source in one way or another, even in my classroom and all upper grade classrooms at my school.</p>
<p>Classroom Website: <a href="http://hawaiianfifthgrade.weebly.com/linux_lab.html" target="_blank">http://hawaiianfifthgrade.weebly.com/linux_lab.html</a></p>
<p>Ubuntu: <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/</a> </p>
<p>Ubermix: <a href="http://www.ubermix.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ubermix.org/</a> ...a five minute flash drive installation that erases your hard drive and installs an education Ubuntu suite.</p>
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<p>I am not an expert in this area, however you might want to include the server operating system that your organization is running, unless you want to create a dedicated server for this service... Linux, Windows, Apple</p>
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