ECE304 Child Development Assignment: Impact of Technology
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Early Childhood issues (ECE304)
Added on 2020-05-28
ECE304 Child Development Assignment: Impact of Technology
Early Childhood issues (ECE304)
Added on 2020-05-28
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Running head: IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENTPlay in Early Childhood[Impact of Technology on Children’s Development]Name of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
1IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENTChildhood development at their early ages has always remained a challenge to theirparents and to the childcare educators (Britto et al., 2017). I being a childcare educator do betterunderstand such challenge both for my professional career and for the development of a child.Parents are always keen on putting their child to a lifelong learning process. However, they arevery less sure of the ways to follow. In that regard, they find childcare development centers as agood option for their children (Pegrum, Oakley & Faulkner, 2013). The contemporary childhoodeducators are keen on using a different technological platform to nurture the development in littlekids. It is beneficial from one perspective that kids nowadays are very acquainted with thedifferent technological gadgets like Computer games, Laptops, Tablets, Smartphone, DVD,Television and much more (Cristia et al., 2017). They may learn things quickly, which is bothtimes saving and pressure reducing from the educators. However, the other perspective is notmuch in favor of the use of technology to educate kids. It has been believed to influence varioushealth related ailments in kids like attitude problems, obesity, negative social life, reducedacademic performance, eyesight problems, irregular sleep patterns and a lot more (Strasburger etal., 2013). The study is aimed at discussing the impact of technology on kids and their earlychildhood development. Moreover, the study suggests a few possible ways out of the issue andsteps to support my development as a professional childhood educator in the identified scenario. In the opinion of Blackwell, Lauricella & Wartella (2014), historically, many educatorshave supported the potential of technology in nurturing a development in kids. The introductionof technologies have witnessed the change with the passage of time but had kept the samepurpose fulfilling and that to support the childhood development in a more advanced and easyway. This is because of such facts the one of the first use of digital technology was in the form ofeducational television. It then gradually transformed into a large-scale use of federal E-Rate
2IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENTprogram. The advent of the internet has opened up some other ways like the iPads. However, theauthors have identified that very few pieces of evidence are available on an appropriate use oftechnology in educational institutions (Nikolopoulou & Gialamas, 2015). Educators insignificant cases have been found to be a sceptic as they have limited themselves from the use oftechnological gadgets for their own few traditional beliefs. Such educators have kept themlimited from the use of technology because of barriers like pre-existing beliefs on teaching, theirattitudes and their comfort level with technologies (Nikolopoulou & Gialamas, 2015). The authors have gone the other way and said that the impact of technology on studentscomes later, it is rather important to know how much educators are familiar with the differenttechnological platform designed particularly for childhood development. The authors have notcited any established benefits of using technology to teach the kids. They have neither tried toidentify any potential harm of integrating the classroom with the latest technologies. The authorsin their way have supported a fact that there is very fewer evidence are available on the potentialharms of using technology in early childcare centers (Blackwell, Lauricella & Wartella, 2014). According to Price, Jewitt & Crescenzi (2015), latest technologies like iPods can be avery potential addition to the childcare development centers. This may not replace the existingsystem of mark making activities. However, it can well complement the existing system for markmaking. The authors have found the keyboard pattern of iPods less effective than the touchversion of it. Students aged between 3-4 years who were investigated on mark making skills havebeen found as significantly connected with the use of the touch version of iPods. Theycomparatively performed better with the touch version and lacked in performance with the use ofkeyboard version of iPods. However, the touch version has only allowed them to use the indexfinger in large cases. Apart from that, it was also believed by the author that the technology is
3IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENTmuch more complex to students at their early ages. They may get to learn digital knowledge byswiping (Lee, 2015). As opined by Smahel, Wright & Cernikova (2015), there are both positive and negativeaspects of using technology in childhood development. The positive outcomes may be many butto list a very few it includes, quick learning to complex topics and childhood friendly ways asthey are addicted to technological gadgets at both their homes & childcare centers. However, theauthors have identified possible negative impacts as well. The authors have believed that a veryless attention has been given to the effect of technologies on the health of kids. They maydevelop various health-related issues like headaches, eye problems, stomachaches, poor eatinghabits and irregular sleep patterns. The authors have further identified that very few investigations have been made on theimpact of technology on the health of kids (Smahel, Wright & Cernikova, 2015). Investigationshave indeed been made over an excessive use of technology. However, even a low and averageexposure to technology may also bring the different kinds of health damages to kids (Smahel,Wright & Cernikova, 2015). The authors have noted the different research works on theconnectivity of using internet with the obesity. Few universities across the globe like the HongKong University have found that excessive use of the internet is related to obesity (Smahel,Wright & Cernikova, 2015). This is because such students tend to skip their meal or theymaintain an irregular diet as they are busy playing with the internet and the differenttechnological gadgets. Additionally, they have also found with sleeping irregularities like goingto bet late or sleeping during the daytime (Smahel, Wright & Cernikova, 2015).
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