Kidsmart Early Learning Program

As part of its KidSmart Early Learning Program, IBM appointed the Australian National Schools Networkto project manage the KidSmart Early Childhood Learning Program. This included the donation of Young Explorer Units to designated preschools, early childhood and childcare centres serving low socio-economic communities across Australia.

Digi kids Snapshot no.1 - Integrating Technology in the Early Years Classroom

A series of Snapshots is being developed around the experience and practice of teachers in the Digi Kids program. The first in the series looks at Lynda Page’s work on Integrating Technology in the Early Years Classroom.  A teacher for more than 20 years, Lynda works at Coolum Beach State School, in Queensland. She has been a keen participant in the Digi Kids program, which is co-ordinated by Hanan Harrison. In developing the Snapshot, she worked with Keith Redman, Editor of E-News and this Snapshot series.

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KidSmart Snapshots - Set of 11 printed brochures

The ANSN and IBM as partners have documented and produced 11 snapshots that showcase early childhood teachers and their journeys in

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KidSmart Snapshot 3 - Evanston

This snapshot case studies Alex, a young child with Autism, and how using technology integration provided a tool for Alex to develop social and educational outcomes.

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KidSmart Snapshots - Digital Delivery in PDF format

The ANSN and IBM as partners have documented and produced 11 snapshots that showcase early childhood teachers and their journeys in implementing technology with a play-based curriculum. These snapshots are designed to celebrate and share the cumulative learning of teachers who have explored and developed innovative teaching practices through technology integration, based on their participation in the IBM KidSmart project.

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KidSmart Snapshot No 9 - Moorditj Noongar Community School WA

Moorditj - a Noongar word for "strong or excellent"

Having launched the series with the Gracemere story, the second Snapshot we are introducing is from Moorditj Noongar Community College, WA, a school with approximately 140 indigenous students enrolled from K-7.

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Kidsmart Snapshot - Digital Story Telling a Tool for Improving Literacy

Gracemere State School is located 10 km west of Rockhampton in the central Queensland town of Gracemere. the school has fewer than 300 primary children from prep to grade 7, with a high proportion of lower income, single parent and indigenous students.

Anne-Maree and Leanne Paxton from Gracemere State School have written this KidSmart Snapshot based around investigating the following key question their school.

"How can we use ICT as an integrating tool to increase motivation and participation of boys in multiliteracies?"

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The introduction of new technologies:New possibilities for early childhood pedagogy

In 2000,IBM invited the Australian National Schools Network to assist in the implementation of the international KidSmart Early Learning Program in Australia.By the end of 2003,more than 300 Young Explorer Units will have been donated to designated early childhood settings serving low socio-economic communities across Australia.This paper will outline some of the results of the case studies undertaken by educators in the participating settings during the first year of the program.The task of integrating the new computers into the early childhood program generated many issues and challenges for educators. Of particular interest were the pedagogical possibilities that emerged through the introduction of new technologies within early childhood settings.

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KidSmart day of sharing

Rockhampton and Townsville KidSmart clusters each presented a day of sharing, to celebrate their digital learning journey as part of their KidSmart project, on 7 and 8 November.

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Report from a KidSmart Cluster Day

Chef claymation from KidSmart cluster dayChef claymation from KidSmart cluster dayMany of us are still marveling at how fast technology is being engaged in our everyday life, an example of this is how newspapers through their websites now allow us to interact with the news through audio and video clips, blogs, polls, emails, "your say" comments, photogalleries and the list goes on. The future is here, and students are developing these important technology skills in their everyday lives.

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