Digital Technology and Interactive Media in Early Childhood Education

EDU10006 Teaching and Learning in the
21st Century

In 21st century the learning and teaching is most important. To challenge and engage the children the critical thinking,
collaboration, problem solving, authentic learning, appropriate of technology using and teaching in the cross disciplinary was focused

in the Curriculum Integrating (Sumardi, Rohman and Wahyudiati, 2020). To success in the new world students were given the new
skills and confidence to the students to grow by practising the skills in the education of 21st century. Thus, the report will study the 21st
century pre-schoolers using the digital technologies.
Digital Technology in today’s century
In today's era the smart phones, computers, tablets were rapidly developing. The change in technology impact in the
individual’s daily life at the work and the home. Entertainment and learning, searching information, networking through social media
and the communication all was done through the tools of new technologies and the electronic media. In the current time all the
children from the age group of two is using the digital technology (Mourlam and et.al., 2019). On an average daily more than two
hours were spending on the front of the screen by the children's. The internet and the new technologies was least used by the children
of low income families or the less educated families. Watching videos help the children in easy learning compare to the real life
experience. There are also several limitations of using the digital technologies such as the development of the attention of the children
negatively effect.
Using of the digital technologies depends on the children's as the use of the latest technology can be in the both form positive and
negative. It depends on children that it is using the technology in positive way or not. The learnings of the students can be
supported by the teachers using the latest technologies. It was experienced that the 21st century students were much developed as
using the digital technology (Murcia, Campbell and Aranda, 2018). They gather the primary information through the mobiles,
televisions. In different areas the knowledge of the children's can expand. In today's century more than 60 percent of the teachers
of the early childhood have computers. To support the learning and the development of the children the interactive media and the
technology was used by the educators. Many classrooms have introduced the televisions in the classrooms for the learning of the
children of age group 2 to 4 years. In the preschool the educators provide the children of effective using of the digital
technologies.