How to Use Technology as a Scaffolding Tool in the Preschool Classroom

Interpersonal skills are important school readiness skills. Interpersonal skills include getting along and working with both peers and adults. Some critics claim that computers and other technology do not belong in early childhood programs because they interfere with the development of interpersonal skills. Go to the NAEYC website below and read the Early Years are Learning Years article entitled "Technology—What Parents Should Know"

EYLY: Technology—What Parents Should Know
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1996/09b.htm

Then, read the article "Technology in Early Childhood Programs."

EYLY: Technology in Early Childhood Programs
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1996/09a.htm