Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Early Learners
Free Early Learning Webinar
Brian Puerling | Feb 14, 2012 | 2 PM ET |
Brian Puerling will help early childhood educators explore the possibilities with technology in their classrooms. Sharing with us ways to embrace new technology in the classroom, how to integrate and how the use of technology can enhance and augment practices that foster development. Brian will share also share with you his insights into the development of the NAEYC Position Statement with the use of Technology in the classroom and its intention for implementation from the authors.
Focusing on the early education classroom, this webinar will explore how you can utilize interactive whiteboards, mobile computing, and simple traditional ways of using technology. Brian will explore various ways to thread technology into units, investigations, and inquiry projects.
Brian Puerling
M.S., NBCT
Brian Puerling is author of the upcoming book, Teaching in the Digital Age: Smart Tools for Age 3 to Grade 3 available in the Spring of 2012. He is a graduate of the Erikson Institute and is a former preschool teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. He is currently the Director of Technology Education at the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. Brian has participated in the Erikson Early Mathematics Project and has been active in the Chicago Metro AEYC. He has worked as an early childhood teacher coach, a curriculum reviewer, and a professional development facilitator for the Chicago Public Schools, Rush University Medical Center Science and Math Excellence Network, and Rochelle Lee’s Boundless Readers. Brian is a member of the NAEYC Tech and Young Children Interest Forum which works to provide early childhood educators with high quality implementation and research resources. Brian recently joined the Sesame Workshop Teacher Council, where he shares his knowledge on trends in early childhood education and technology movements to help guide the planning for future programming of their television shows. Brian was a recipient of the PBS Innovative Educator Award and PBS Teacher’s Choice Award in 2010.
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