Digital Art

Screen Time

collective time children spend engaging with technology

Computers in Early Childhood Education

immerse them in joys of learning, engage in exploration, problem solving, social activity

Drill and practice software vs open-ended software

Drill: help children with memorized skills ( counting and sorting)
Open-ended: solve problems, enhance creativity, logic-math thinking, critical thinking

Vygotsky and tool mediation

use of tools to achieve a particular objective during an activity, higher and lower mental functions mediated by cultural tools

criteria for evaluation Art software

mouse-driven, large and simple Menu boxes, visible colors and lines, open-ended, able to save and print artwork

epistemic and Ludic Play

epistemic: children experiment with objects and environments to explore and acquire knowledge
Ludic: children play based on their learned experienced

Photography and visual literacy

ability to read or decode visual images

photographic language

- light: desribe the type and quality
- focus: centre of attention
- motion
-point of view

photography, children, and social issues

power dynamics, relationships, gender and photographic choices, economic class and photographic choice