Effect of Technology on the Education of the Young Children

Question: Discuss the effect of technology on the education of the young children? Answer: Technology plays an important role in our life. In case of child education, this field has a great importance. In future in the field of child education technology may play a significant role. Even now the technology acquires a great part of our daily schedule. Day by day technology become easier to handle, and the early childhood software become evolved. This in turn enhances the child usage of technology. It is the childhood educator's responsibility to critically examine the effect of the technology on the child (Abramovich Connell, 2014). Television has a great role in the child education. The evolution procedure comes in the way of television, video, and then the computer. This has a significant effect on the children's life. Today's children are growing up in this changing digital world and can cope up with this. We can found the presence of technology in our home, office, school, and also in a community nowadays. Today's children are continuously facing with this kind of tech nologies. Teachers are using this kind of technologies in the education of the children. These technologies in turn change our behavior towards life. A new term evolves; that is digital literacy, which shapes the development as well as the education system and procedure for the young children. Medias and technology are the tools that are effective if are used in a right way (Afolabi, 2013). A childhood educator should see if the technology is being used in an appropriate way. The childhood educators can maintain the interaction with the parents about the child education through online. Reference list Abramovich, S., Connell, M. (2014). Using Technology in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective.ISRN Education,2014, 1-9. doi:10.1155/2014/345146 Afolabi, F. (2013). Catch Them Young in Basic Science and Technology Education through Child-to-Child Approach.Journal Of Educational And Social Research. doi:10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p38