Educational Technology MidTerm Power Point Presentation BRITTANY PARSONS
Educational Technology Mid-Term Power Point Presentation BRITTANY PARSONS
Welcome to Sizemore Head Start • Welcome to your new Pre-K classroom! We are so excited you are here! • Introductions-Teachers, parents and students. • Now lets go on a tour of your new room!
About our Center We are a small center but we are very close here. We care deeply for each child and family we are blessed to serve. We are here to help you, families! Whether you are just having a bad day, need some help with managing finances, or are trying to find a job or continue your education, we are here to do whatever we can to help you! We have a bus route that we run if you cannot get your child to the center. There are specific stops we make and we will have you meet us at whichever place is most convenient to you. We run the bus both morning and evening. We have therapists that come in our center to provide speech therapy and otherapies that may be needed for some of our children.
Our Mission To serve as an advocate with the community to seek out, identify and eliminate poverty in the service area. Provide opportunities for low-income persons of all ages in order to alleviate the causes and symptoms of poverty. Help people help themselves by providing services, advocacy, and support for persons so they can become self- sufficient, thus, improving the quality of their lives, and providing greater opportunities for their families.
Ages We Serve Ø We have an Early Head Start room serving ages 3 and 4. Ø The Pre-k room serves ages 3, 4, and 5. Ø We may eventually serve birth through age 2 as well.
Technology in Our Classroom We have Hatch computers for the children to use and play educational games. They play under their name and we can see each child’s progress individually. We have a CD player that we use for our “I’m Moving, I’m Learning” songs, and also to play quiet music while we rest our bodies. There is a camera we use to take pictures of what your child is doing. We also have a camera for the children to take pictures on.
Restrictions on the Use of Technology v Our policy on the use of technology is fifteen minutes per child per day. v That includes anything they do on the computer or anything they watch on the smartboard screen.
Why Do We Have Restrictions on the use of Technology? We have restrictions on the use of technology due to the increasing rates of childhood obesity. They will see many food and beverage commercials and marketing when watching TV or interacting with other media so we want to limit the kinds of food and beverages they see. We want to encourage the children to use their imagination and to get up and move rather than sit stationary and be in front of a screen. If a child is sitting still all day they aren’t getting exercise or getting the social experiments they need to blossom.
Our Policy You are welcome to come visit your child anytime you want without calling ahead!
Daily Schedule 8: 00 - Children arrive; wash hands and work at tables 8: 35 -8: 55 Clean up; small group time on the carpet; wash hands for breakfast 9: 00 -9: 30 - Breakfast; bathroom; get ready for outside 9: 30 -10: 30 - Outside time (weather permitting) or gross motor time inside 10: 30 -11: 35 - Center time; brushing teeth. 11: 40 -11: 55 - Large group time 12: 00 -12: 30 - Lunch; bathroom; get ready for rest 12: 30 - 1: 30 - Rest time 1: 30 - 2: 00 – Wake up; play quietly at tables; get ready for snack. 2: 00 -2: 30 – Snack time; get ready to go home! *We will go outside as long as weather permits. Please be sure in the colder months to dress your child with a warm coat. You may also want to send gloves and a hat. We are required by law to go out for at least one hour each day as long as it isn’t actively precipitating.
Let’s Take a Look At Our Centers Writing Center
More of Our Centers Block Center Science Center
Come Ready to Play and Learn! Kitchen Center Reading Center
We Know You Will Have A Blast! Manipulatives Center Math Center
Thank You For Coming! I would like to thank you all for being here with us today! If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I hope we have made everything clear for you and you feel comfortable with our policies and philosophies. I look forward to having your child(ren) with us this year!
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