e-Learning in ECE - Jo Colbert

I really enjoyed reading about this storytelling journey at Westmere Kindergarten. I have always found it great to see easy it is to entice young children into learning situations, but to use simple technologies such as digital cameras to do this is such a fab way of making learning meaningful. It is great to see digital cameras being used in a way with young children that allows them to develop skills not only in the use of technological equipment, but then using these skills in another curriculum area.

The link between this storytelling process and the learning stories assessment framework also provide an excellent way to keep parents, families and whanau informed and involved in the learning taking place during kindergarten sessions. This was evident when one of the children took the camera home to show his life outside of kindergarten, and returned with 108 photos, video footage from on top of a remote control car and a flat battery. Such a great example of hooking children into learning at an early age.