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It was a very fruitful sharing by fellow teachers and Cps on the topic of integrating IT into the classroom.

In my N2 classroom, we download games that would support L&L development as children enjoy the thrill of it. We played Charades for Kids. Chilren would describe the picture shown on the ipad and friends would guess. there is a timer that gets louder and louder as the time roll. children would squeal in joy when the timer "explode". This game helps children to explore their vocabulary as they try to describe the picture to their friends.

However, striking a balance is essential. I worry that children may need constant visual "stimulation" in order to enjoy a lesson. Therefore, supervision and guidance need to be implemented at all times.

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It was a great session sharing on the topic of using ICT in classrooms and understanding how different centres/organisation are applying it.

In my organisation, Technology is part of our curriculum and there are many different ways we provide children to learn through the use of technology.

Linking it to the Language & Literacy domain, I am able to provide the children with opportunity to carry out a sentence building activity using the 'Speech to Text' app in the school's iPad.

This way, children learns more than spelling out the words. They develop the awareness to speak clearly and encouraged to think of more sentences.

Apart from this, we can learn reading and spelling out words using ICT, too! I personally believe that the use of ICT can definitely create a great impact towards the children's learning.

However, we need to be aware and should not abuse it to replace teaching.

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It is great to learn from others about the different technology that various centres use to enhance children's learning. It definitely makes learning more engaging and interesting for the children but teachers have to clearly understand the guidelines in using technology in the classroom. Technology is just a tool to facilitate our teaching but it is not to replace the role of teachers.

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It was really interesting and great to learn from the different centres in how they incorporate technology in their learning, especially in Language and Literacy. I believe technology is a tool used in supporting children's learning and looking at how the we are evolving in terms of technology, it is essential to be incorporated with teacher supervision and guidance.

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Mosaic Preschool child using Google Earth to explore different parts of the world.

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The sharing about the use of ICT in our classrooms was definitely an insightful one and highly relevant to today's EC climate.

In my organisation, we try to embrace the use of technology in our classrooms as much as we can. Technological devices such as Ipads, mobile phones, and tablets have fast become the learning tools for our children's generation, akin to how books have supported educators in the past. Hence, instead of shying away from them, we try to incorporate different types of ICT tools to support children's learning, including Language and Literacy. Examples include, using Google Earth to explore the world and journaling their learnings, incorporating emails as part of language acquisition.

On the flipside, educators should be mindful to ensure that devices should not replace the role of the teacher, in a manner that could be detrimental to children's learning. E.g. leaving children to watch something on a laptop as a 'babysitting' tool.

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Using ICT in classroom is able to arouse children’s interest in learning reading and writing. The usage of ICT in class should always come under adult’s supervision and ensure it is interactive and engaging. Teachers could refer to different online resources or apps to plan and set up the language activities in class such as Wordwall.

Kiat Yin

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It was great hearing all the sharing from different centres on how they incorporated technology with learning language and literacy.

Personally for my centre, we made use of technology to enhance children’s learning. One of the way is using the application Stop Motion Animation on the ipad. This app requires children to apply skills such as; using story board to compose a story, drawing of characters/props and working cooperatively with peers.

Technology should not be seen in isolation. It is just a tool (just like paper and pen) that supports children’s learning.

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