Verona Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 A prospective parent came to visit the pre-school today. she is moving into the area and at the moment her child attends another pre-school. Everything she looked at she said "they have that at the other PS" or "there's is bigger than that" etc, etc. When she saw our laptop, she said "Oh, they have ipads at the other PS". That made me think - Am I behind the times with our computer and a mouse? I realise that children have ipads, etc at home and are probably not used to using a mouse. Just wondering whether I ought to start fundraising?? What do you have? V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 No not at all , even had this conversation with the inspector , we still have a laptop and mouse as this is good for hand eye coordination and cause and effect. We do have hudl tablets for tapestry and we gave a children's tablet from aldi. Stick with what you want or got as many children have I pads at home but often means they get opportunity to see how other technology work. Many work environments have laptop , monitors and mice! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Just to say the inspector agreed . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verona Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Relieved thank you :1b I agree - hand/eye co ordination and its something different from what they have at home. Mind you I smile to myself when I see some of the children trying to swipe across the screen. V 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveryoung Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 We have just got rid of our computer and mouse, it became the most unused item in the pre school, except for using the mouse as a phone. Must admit every phone I touch now I automatically go for screen oops x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlesparklesnursery Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 No not at all , even had this conversation with the inspector , we still have a laptop and mouse as this is good for hand eye coordination and cause and effect. We do have hudl tablets for tapestry and we gave a children's tablet from aldi. Stick with what you want or got as many children have I pads at home but often means they get opportunity to see how other technology work. Many work environments have laptop , monitors and mice! Hi Lashes, were you inspected whilst using Tapestry on ipad? If so how did it go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Relieved thank you :1b I agree - hand/eye co ordination and its something different from what they have at home. Mind you I smile to myself when I see some of the children trying to swipe across the screen. V That's what most schools still have and teachers are intrigued to see the new reception children trying to swipe the screens. We don't have a computer, laptop or tablet at ours, but that's just me I'm afraid - I do take my iPad in occasionally or the laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socox Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Perhaps you could find out what your feeder schools use and if they would like you to continue enabling children to learn with a mouse. We did this and our schools said they want us to use a mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I had a new parent visit today , she was an early years teacher and is still teaching but with an older year group, she too agreed the importance of still having a mouse for reasons stated , iPads tablets have their place but so do laptops , I was using ours today with a child with a communication programme and microphone , this would not be possible with an iPad or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verona Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thank you for your replies. I will check with our main feeder school what they use. V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anne1 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 No not at all , even had this conversation with the inspector , we still have a laptop and mouse as this is good for hand eye coordination and cause and effect. We do have hudl tablets for tapestry and we gave a children's tablet from aldi. Stick with what you want or got as many children have I pads at home but often means they get opportunity to see how other technology work. Many work environments have laptop , monitors and mice! We have laptops but more and more children find these difficult to use because they are used to using tablets. So considering tablets. Sorry to move off topic but Lashes how do you get on with the Hudl for Tapestry? I want to start trialing Tapestry and my staff have suggested using the mini ipad but I wondered if the Hudl would be okay as we could get more for our money. Any suggestions welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Hi Anne the hudl are great and so much cheaper , we got 2 and numbered so staff are allocated one to use , which makes it so much easier if photos have been taken and not uploaded immediately. Committee suggested iPad but if they get damaged cost much more to replace. The hudl definitely meets our needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttercup Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 We had the same conversation. We were finding it difficult to observe children using technology when doing their records. We decided to do a questionnaire to parents so they could give us feedback. we dont want to go down the route of ipads etc buttercup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Remember technology does not just mean computers iPads etc it can include all things that work in a technical way . Bee bots and other programmable toys are also technology , CD players , story phones. Etc are also technology there are some good research papers out there [PDF]More than Computers: ICT in the Early Years - datec www.datec.org.uk/guidance/DATEC7.pdf Extract from: Developmentally Appropriate Technology in Early Childhood .... Computers should be used as a means to fulfil a function which cannot be ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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