Assignment One

Okay an aspect has been chosen - e-learning in the early school years (namely year 1 and 2). Tentatively titled: E-learning in the first year of school - enrichment or entertainment.'

I'd like to look at how e-learning can assist in building children's literacy and numeracy skills. Ideally I love the children using the computer within the classroom and the two computers I have hum away all day with all the children getting at least 30-40 minutes each a week working individually on numeracy and literacy activities. I always worry about avoiding "playing" and try to aim for "learning" or "practising new skills". Not always easy to achieve!

Some key words searched are : computer assisted learning, e-learning, early childhood, literacy and technology... and more to try. Many thanks to Kirsty and her helpful library search notes. If only I had known in my earlier papers about logging into the library and search multiple databases!

I've thought about some definitions I'll need to include ie literacy, e-learning, computer assisted learning, multi-literacies... I'm sure this list will be added to. The main problem has been finding articles and readings specifically related to the first two years of primary school - there is a lot of information on older children (8 years and upward), and early childhood, but not much in the middle.

The search continues!